Nov 10th, 2009 - The Insider
Basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced this morning that he has a rare form of cancer.
The all-star player, who has also had numerous television and movie roles, was diagnosed last year with a rare type of blood cancer known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. He has not spoken about his battle publicly until now, and hopes to inspire others as new treatments are available to patients with the disease.
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