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Turn for the worse Landry's son says that leukemia has returned
Posted: Saturday February 12, 2000 04:23 PM
DALLAS (AP) -- Although he's put up a good fight, Tom Landry appears to be losing his battle with leukemia. The former coach of the Dallas Cowboys has been under treatment since May for a form of the disease known as acute myelogenous leukemia. AML is a cancer that impairs the production of blood cells. Landry, 75, has been in and out of Baylor University Medical Center since last year while undergoing chemotherapy treatments. Tests showed in August that the disease had at least been brought to the stage of temporary remission but that more treatments were necessary. He was released Nov. 21, but was readmitted last month for additional chemotherapy treatment. He has remained in the hospital to allow his immune system to recover from the treatment. A telephone hotline established by the family was updated Saturday with the following recorded message: "While the results of coach Landry's latest chemotherapy treatment were at first encouraging, it now appears that the leukemia has returned. "Coach Landry, aided by heroic efforts of doctors and nurses, has battled this disease for the last nine months. He is resting comfortably in a private room at Baylor University Medical Center, surrounded by his family. "Although he cannot receive visitors or flowers, the family wishes to thank everyone for their continuing prayers and concern." Landry coached the Cowboys from their inception in 1960 through 1988, winning two Super Bowls and appearing in three more. His teams won 13 divisional titles and had an unprecedented 20 straight winning seasons. He's third on the NFL's career victory list with a 270-178-6 record. Landry was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. Leukemia is a cancer in which abnormal white cells proliferate in the bone marrow, crowding out healthy blood cells. Other organs, such as the liver, spleen or lymph nodes, might stop functioning properly if infiltrated by the cancerous cells. Leukemia is curable with transfusions, anticancer drugs and radiation therapy.
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