NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is actuality advised for a attenuate anatomy of leukemia, and the basketball abundant said his cast is encouraging.The NBA's best arch scorer was diagnosed aftermost December with abiding myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said his doctor didn't accord any guarantees, but abreast him: "You accept a actual acceptable adventitious to alive your activity out and not accept to accomplish any desperate changes to your lifestyle.Abdul-Jabbar is demography an articulate medication for the disease. He is a paid agent for the Swiss biologic aggregation Novartis, which makes a biologic that treats the illness.Citing the way Los Angeles Lakers assistant Magic Johnson brought acquaintance to HIV, Abdul-Jabbar said he wants to do the aforementioned for his anatomy of claret cancer, which can be baleful if larboard untreated.