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blacksmith_tblast Wednesday at 5:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not that I don't think there's a lot of potential in this approach, but the leukemia example seemed at least poorly-worded, "the suggested drugs inhibit tumor viability" reads oddly given that blood cancers don't form tumors?


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drgolast Wednesday at 6:07 PM

Lots of blood cancers form solid tumors (e.g., in lymph nodes)

kliptlast Wednesday at 5:55 PM

Health professionals often refer to leukemia and lymphoma as "liquid tumors"