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Chronic myelocytic and lymphocytic leukaemia have few features in common except their progressive and inevitably fatal course, the high leucocyte counts, and the fact that radiotherapy and some cytotoxic drugs are useful in controlling them but cannot cure them.
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Galton, D.A.G. (1971). Management of the Chronic Leukaemias. In: Ultmann, J.E., Griem, M.L., Kirsten, W.H., Wissler, R.W. (eds) Current Concepts in the Management of Lymphoma and Leukemia. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46259-7_17
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