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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated June 22, 2004 of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma pose during a visit to the Great Wall of China. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated November 11, 2008 of Syria's Asma Al Assad seen before the 2nd Arab Women's Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated August 8, 2018 of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad sits next to his wife Asma as she begins treatment for early-stage breast cancer at the military hospital in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

Undated file photo of Asma Al Assad as she begins treatment for early-stage breast cancer in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated June 12, 2005 of Syrian Asma El Assad attends the 2nd Arab Women Organization Conference, in Manama, Bahrain. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

Handout file photo dated May 21, 2019 of the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has undergone a "successful" operation as part of treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

Handout file photo dated May 21, 2019 of the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has undergone a "successful" operation as part of treatment for early-stage breast cancer in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated April 28, 2009 of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma during a visit at Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated October 20, 2003 of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma at the People's Palace, official ceremony to receive the King and the Queen of Spain in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated May 17, 2020, of Syrian presiden's wife Asma Al Assad during a conference about Syrian soldiers casualties, in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated April 28, 2009. of Syrian First Lady Asma Al Assad meets with students and teachers as she visits Vienna Business School in Vienna, Austria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated December 9, 2010 of Syrian First Lady Asma El Assad receives various French culture and education figures (Louvre, Ecole du Louvre, ENA..) at hotel Bristol, in Paris, France. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated March 8, 200 of Asma El Assad in Beirut, Lebanon. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated April 28, 2009 of Syrian First Lady Asma Al Assad meets with students and teachers as she visits Vienna Business School in Vienna, Austria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies

STORY: Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies DATELINE: June 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:23 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Silvio Berlusconi on the stage on September 22, 2022 STORYLINE: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died Monday at the age of 86 at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, the press office of his political party Forza Italia confirmed. He was admitted to a hospital on Friday for scheduled health check-ups related to his chronic leukemia, according to the hospital. His death was immediately front-page news in Italy and beyond. An official with Forza Italia confirmed the news when contacted by Xinhua, though the official did not provide additional details. Berlusconi suffered from a serious case of COVID-19 in 2020, and had also overcome a heart surgery and prostate cancer. The billionaire media tycoon was a dominant figure in Italian politics for three decades. Berlusconi headed four separate Italian governments as prime minister between 1994

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Photo taken May 17, 2023, shows paper cranes made by Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, on display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the western Japanese city. Sasaki folded hundreds of paper cranes until her death at age 12 from leukemia, after learning of the legend that making 1,000 of them could make a wish come true.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee swims to victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 7, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee (C) wins the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 7, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee swims to victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 7, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee waves to the crowd after winning the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 7, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 7, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee reacts after winning the women's 100-meter butterfly at the national swimming championships, qualifying for this summer's worlds, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 4, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee (C) stands on top of the podium after winning the women's 100-meter butterfly at the national swimming championships, qualifying for this summer's worlds, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 4, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee reacts after winning the women's 100-meter butterfly at the national swimming championships, qualifying for this summer's worlds, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 4, 2023.

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Swimmer Ikee graduates from Nihon Univ.

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee (R), a student of Nihon University, attends her graduation ceremony at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on March 25, 2023. Ikee competed in the Tokyo Olympics after surviving leukemia, having been diagnosed shortly before her freshman year.

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Swimmer Ikee graduates from Nihon Univ.

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee (C), a student of Nihon University, attends her graduation ceremony at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on March 25, 2023. Ikee competed in the Tokyo Olympics after surviving leukemia, having been diagnosed shortly before her freshman year.

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Ex-pro baseball player encourages leukemia patients

GIFU, Japan - Former Japanese professional baseball player Yasuaki Taiho, who is suffering from acute myelocytic leukemia but continues to manage a Chinese restaurant in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, says in July 2014 that he wants to give hope to other patients fighting the disease.

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Truman's grandson visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, shakes hands with Masahiro Sasaki, head of the nonprofit peace organization Sadako Legacy and older brother of Sadako Sasaki, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4, 2012. Sadako died of leukemia at age 12 a decade after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima ordered by Daniel's grandfather. The 55-year-old former journalist was visiting Japan to attend annual ceremonies in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki three days later at the invitation of Sadako Legacy.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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A-bombing leukemia effects on second-generation

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Nanao Kamada, an expert on blood diseases and Hiroshima University professor emeritus, speaks at a scholarly meeting in the city of Nagasaki on June 3, 2012. At the meeting, a study led by Kamada was presented, showing that more people born within 10 years of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima developed leukemia by the time they reached the age of 35 if both their parents had been exposed to the blast, compared with those with only one parent surviving the bombing.

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Hiroshima children call for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junior high school students offer paper cranes at the Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on July 23, 2010, prior to the 65th anniversary of the atomic-bomb attack on Aug. 6. The monument was built in memory of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to the bombing at age two and died ten years later with leukemia, and other young victims.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors back Obama's nuclear-free commitment

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba shows a paper crane, while delivering a speech during a session of the preparatory committee of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York on May 5, as Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (back, center) looks on. Akiba told the story of a Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor Sadako Sasaki, who died at the age of 12 from radiation-caused leukemia after the U.S. nuclear attack in 1945. He said the paper crane in his hand was one that she made hoping for an early recovery.

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Singer Minako Honda dies of myelocytic leukemia

TOKYO, Japan - Pop and musical singer Minako Honda (in file photo taken in July 2003), known for her portrayal of the role of ''Kim'' in Miss Saigon, died of acute myelocytic leukemia at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 6, her family said. She was 38.

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Atomic-bomb victim Sadako's brother speaks at alma mater

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masahiro Sasaki (C) speaks about his younger sister Sadako at the Noboricho primary school in Hiroshima, their alma mater, on July 6 ahead of the 50th anniversary of her death in October. Sadako, who died in 1955 of leukemia 10 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was the model for the statue of a child in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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Rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunji dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Popular rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunji (in photo taken in October 2001) died of kidney failure caused by acute leukemia at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 31, his family said. He was 80. Bunji, whose real name was Tatsuo Sekiguchi, was known for his crisp and well-mannered style of delivering his stories, which conveyed the traditions of the Edo Period (1603-1867).

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Focus of int'l fund-raising efforts dies of leukemia in Seoul

KYOTO, Japan - Kim Ire (file photo), the 2-year-old South Korean boy diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia and the focus of various fund-raising activities in Japan and South Korea, died Oct. 28 at a hospital in Seoul. The boy was diagnosed in April and was scheduled to undergo a bone marrow transplant by July, but the operation was canceled after his condition deteriorated.

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Film director Teshigahara dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroshi Teshigahara, a film director and head of Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, who died of acute lymphocytic leukemia at a hospital in Tokyo on April 14. He was 74.

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Japanese, German research team sequences human chromosome 21

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Shimizu (L), professor of molecular biology at Keio University's School of Medicine, and Yoshiyuki Sakaki (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, speak at a news conference May 8. They said they and German scientists have decoded the DNA sequence of a human chromosome that contains genes causing Downs syndrome, Alzheimer, leukemia and other genetic disorders.

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Former Soviet Pres. Gorbachev's wife Raisa dies

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Raisa Gorbachev (L) and her husband, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), paying a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, in April 1992. Raisa died of leukemia Sept. 20 at a hospital in Germany at 67. She had been hospitalized since July 25.

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Medical treatment by satellite

Doctors at Shinshu University in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture consulted Feb. 19 with their colleagues in Belarus after carrying out via satellite a transplant of peripheral blood stem cells for a five-year-old female leukemia patient in Belarus. Shinshu University has been providing medical support to the former Soviet republic since 1991 to treat victims suffering from radiation exposure stemming from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.

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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96: state media

Photo taken on Oct. 1, 2019, shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and former president Jiang Zemin during a ceremony in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2022, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96: state media

Photo taken in October 2019 shows former Chinese president Jiang Zemin during a ceremony in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2022, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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Half-mast flag in Beijing

A national Chinese flag is flown at half-mast at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 30, 2022. Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure the same day in Shanghai, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2022, following an official Xinhua News Agency's report that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure earlier in the day.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2022, following an official Xinhua News Agency's report that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure earlier in the day.

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CHINA-JIANG ZEMIN-PASSING AWAY (CN)

(221130) -- BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A file photo of Jiang Zemin. Jiang Zemin passed away due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 96. (Xinhua)

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"I want to build a bridge between Chinese medicine and western medicine": Canadian researcher

STORY: "I want to build a bridge between Chinese medicine and western medicine": Canadian researcher DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the lab 2 various of Yaacov Ben-David working in the lab 3 SOUNDBITE (English): YAACOV BEN-DAVID, Canadian researcher in China's Guizhou STORYLINE: A Canadian researcher in China's Guizhou says he's willing to build a bridge between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. Yaacov Ben-David works as a foreign expert in a key chemistry lab in Guizhou. Before he came here, Yaacov was a professor of anti-tumor pharmacology at the University of Toronto in Canada, where he and his team first discovered major oncogene, FLi-1, which causes leukemia. After a visit to China in 2012, Yaacov was attracted by TCM and moved to China a year later to conduct the research on anti-tumor compounds of TCM. SOUNDBITE (English): YAACOV BEN-DAVID, Canadian researcher in China's Guizhou "I was born in Ira

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Children inflicted with cancer in Yemen in dire need for help

STORY: Children inflicted with cancer in Yemen in dire need for help DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of children suffering from leukemia in the Pediatric Leukemia Treatment Center in Sanaa, Yemen's capital 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SALEH AL-KHAWLANI, Father of an ailing child 3. various of children suffering from leukemia in the Pediatric Leukemia Treatment Center in Sanaa, Yemen's capital STORYLINE: More than seven years of war and blockade have plunged Yemen deep into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and left millions without health care. Cancer patients, including children, often have to wait in long lines and travel miles to get their vital treatment. The Houthi-controlled health ministry in Sanaa said that the death rate of leukemia patients increased to nearly 50 percent because of the scarcity of medical staff, medicines, and equipment. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SALEH AL-KHAWLANI, Father of an ailing child "The price of everythi

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee (L) is pictured after competing in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Ikee returned to competitive swimming in August 2020 after being diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019.

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee (2nd from L) reacts after competing in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Ikee returned to competitive swimming in August 2020 after being diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019.