
Basketball all-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced that he has cancer on Tuesday November 10. The 62-year-old former LA Lakers center told CNN, "I have chronic myeloid leukemia."
Abdul-Jabbar chose to come out about his disease in hopes of educating the public on CML. He's working with pharmaceutical company Novartis on an educational campaign, launching a Facebook page--Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Patient Advocate--to circulate information.
According to the National Cancer Institute, CML is a "slowly progressive disease in which too many white blood cells are made in bone marrow." The 7-foot-2 b-ball legend says the disease has not greatly altered his lifestyle.
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Ha Kareem,
MY NAME IS ALEANA AND I JUST WENT THROUGH CHEMO FOR LUNG CANCER. GOD IS GOOD BECAUSE IM IN REMISSION NOW AND I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPIER. JUST HOLD ON AND BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. KEEP GOD FIRST AND DO WHATS BEST FOR KAREEM. MY PRAYER ARE WITH YOU. PEACE AND BLESSINGS ALEna