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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

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

Backstage Lakers Light The Night
November 21, 2017, LTN CalSo

Cancer Therapy Advisor   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Discusses Living With CML       
March 18, 2016,
OncLive

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on life beyond the court   
June 9, 2013,
CBSnews


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


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


ARTICLES

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rushed to hospital suffering chest pain
April 29, 2015,  examiner.com

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

Building a Ph+ CML game plan: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explains how he manages his leukemia by working with his doctor
October 21,2013, The Suit

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 Cancer  Survivor
April  2010, Coping with  cancer

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

Abdul-Jabbar partners with Novartis Oncology

November 10, 2009, NBA News

                                              
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