Template:Did you know nominations/Wolf W. Zuelzer

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:25, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Wolf W. Zuelzer

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• ... that Wolf W. Zuelzer, who demonstrated that childhood leukemias could be cured, died from the disease in old age? Source: "His seminal paper in 1964 on long-term survival of children with acute leukemia was the first clear statement of the curability of childhood leukemia by early combined chemotherapy", "died of leukemia")

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• Comment: Please suggest any improvements on the wording.

Created by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:48, 22 May 2017 (UTC).

Interesting life on few but good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is interesting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

• @97198: Well, he didn't die from childhood leukemia, as the hook suggests. Do you mean:
• ALT1: ... that Wolf W. Zuelzer, who demonstrated that leukemias in children could be cured, died from the disease in old age? Yoninah (talk) 17:03, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: Well "childhood leukemia" isn't a disease, but if you think people might read it that way, then sure. 97198 (talk) 07:48, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm not a medical expert: do we say leukemia in children, - heart disease in children?

*ALT2: ... that Wolf W. Zuelzer, who demonstrated that children could be cured of leukemia, died from the disease in old age? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:19, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

• @97198:, yes, childhood leukemia is a disease. But I like Gerda's ALT2 solution. ALT2 hook refs verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Gerda Arendt. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 13:09, 5 June 2017 (UTC)