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Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.
Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.

Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.

Date1/16/1987
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TGH director: Dr. George Steiner will present results of a 10-year study on cholesterol this week.
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