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The ancient poison, less toxic
than chemotherapy, is being used in a clinical trial at
six Canadian hospitals as the first drug doctors reach
for when treating kids with a certain type of bone
marrow cancer. Ben Netten, a cherubic-faced
seven-year-old with a toothless grin, was diagnosed with
the rare leukemia last fall and became the first – and
so far only – Canadian child to be enrolled in the
study. Jacqueline Halton, chief of pediatric division of
hematology/oncology at CHEO....
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