Kareem Abdul-Jabar       CML       Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Aside from basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has appeared in movies including “Airplane!” and the posthumous Bruce Lee movie, “Game of Death”. Kareem was diagnosed in December 2008.

VIDEOS

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reveals He Battled Prostate Cancer
December 10, 2020, CBS Los Angeles

Backstage Lakers Light The Nigh  (must be seen)
November 21, 2017, LTN CalSo

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time             
November 10, 2009, CNN

ARTICLES

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Health Struggles: Overcoming Cancer And Heart Disease
March 5, 2023, Landscape Insight

​Abdul-Jabbar reveals past prostate cancer diagnosis in essay
December 10, 2020, Wreg Memphis

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar undergoes emergency heart surgery at UCLA to clear life-threatening blockage
April 17, 2015, MailOnline

Towering Figure Still Reaching  Out
 March 24, 2012, The New York Times
 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – In His Own  Words
January 25, 2012, Coping with  cancer

Basketball Legend Shoots, Walks for Cancer  Cure
August 2010, The Wall Street Journal

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has CML Form of Leukemia
November 10, 2009, WebMD

​Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announces he has been diagnosed with CML aims to inspire others           
November 10, 2009, PRNewswire

                                              
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