Linda Hall Leukemia Survivor Story

Linda is a person who never sits still. Halfway up the volcano, she had to stop. She was sweating. Her heart was racing. That's when, she says, I knew something was very wrong. When she returned home, Linda immediately went to her doctor. First they thought it was the flu. Then they thought malaria, she says. But I wasn't getting any better. Finally, Linda was properly diagnosed. It was leukemia. That's when she insisted on going to M. D. Anderson.

Once at M. D. Anderson, Linda received treatment customized for her and her specific type of leukemia. Linda's doctor, Stefan Faderl, says, I wanted to give Linda the best shot of therapy that was available. At Dr. Faderl's suggestion, Linda agreed to participate in a clinical trial. It allowed me to enhance proven treatments with new experimental drugs, he says.

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