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These are areas in which it is difficult to get a sufficient concentration of chemotherapy to destroy leukemia cells

These are areas in which it is difficult to get a sufficient concentration of chemotherapy to destroy leukemia cells

In acute lymphocytic leukemia, the brain and the spinal cord and the testes in boys are sanctuary sites of cancer.

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