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Especially alarming to the Committee, as it must have been to

the Brookhaven team was the appearance last year of a fatal case of
acute myelogenous leukemia.

The Committee hopes that the persons

responsible for the examinations will give this new development the

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are thorough and conducted in a professional and humane manner,

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by the reports of its consultants,

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treatment and subsequent examinations, it feels that, as evidenced

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The story said in part:

"To prepare the way for the September trip two Japanese

physicians and another from Britain were included in the

survey had been delayed six months for the reasons previously men=
tioned,

While it is possible that “detection" might have been

accomplished at the usual time of the survey, it is the understanding

and that acute forms have shorter courses than chronic forms,

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of the Committee that all forms of leukemia are ultimately fatal,

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The phrase “earlier” is a reference to the fact that the annual

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party, and this apparently reassured the skeptics.
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the visit been made earlier, however, it is possible that
the leukemia case might have been identified at a less
advanced stage."

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addition, the Committee would like to state for the record that if
the period of six months is critical to the detection and remission
of leukemia or any other disease, then perhaps consideration should

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Sullivan, which discussed the death of Lekoj.

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The Committee takes special note of a story in the Tuesday, November

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attention which it deserves for the benefit of the people involved.

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