Vikes place Udeze on IR; DE getting set for bone marrow operation - CNN Sports Illustrated
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings want Kenechi Udeze to focus on his fight against leukemia and not worry about his financial situation. The defensive end was placed on the reserve-non-football-illness list Friday, coach Brad

Patients worry about lab results - Owen Sound Sun Times
Say you have a preliminary cancer diagnosis but a lab test followup gives the all-clear. You re among those likely to worry most at alarming news about the accuracy of some pathology tests analyzed at Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound in

Vikings' Udeze to miss year recovering from leukemia - Miami Herald
The Minnesota Vikings officially placed defensive end Kenechi Udeze on the non-football injury list Friday, ruling him out for the 2008 season. Udeze is recovering from an acute form of leukemia. Under NFL rules, the Vikings are not responsible for

New Study Ties Genes To Leukemia Treatment - Wall Street Journal
Knowing the type of a genetic mutation in a patient's leukemia may help doctors choose a treatment with a better chance of survival, a study suggests. The study, published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, looks at several gene

Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia - BusinessWeek
WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Breakthroughs in understanding the extremely fine genetic underpinnings of acute myeloid leukemia may allow doctors to quickly decide which existing therapies will most benefit individual patients. "This can

Vikes place Udeze on reserve list, to revisit status in '09 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings wanted Kenechi Udeze to focus on his fight against leukemia, without financial concern. The defensive end was placed on the reserve-non-football-illness list on Friday, coach Brad Childress announced. That