Now I'm planning vacations, so it really changes your life. Early results show that the pill works, but researchers want to know whether its benefits will last long-term. Cooney reported that if it is successful, the promise of STI571 could go beyond controlling leukemia. About 4,500 new cases of CML are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Cooney said that 2,300 people die from the disease.
Clinical trials are now under way at a number of U.S. medical centers across the country.
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