The phrase "certain leukemias" refers to specific types of cancers that affect the blood and bone marrow. These specific leukemias have different characteristics or factors that set them apart from other types of cancers. Full definition
Payne and her co-senior author Michael C. Milone, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, adapted the technique from the promising anti-cancer strategy by which T cells are engineered to destroy malignant cells in certain leukemias and lymphomas. (sciencedaily.com)
While conducting his microscopic studies, Hungerford made the seminal observation that certain leukemia cells had an abnormally short chromosome 22. (en.wikipedia.org)
Several diseases, in particular certain leukemias and colon cancer, have been tentatively linked to faulty methylation, so histone demethylases could represent inviting drug targets. (sciencemag.org)