"There's a very good chance that she's cured of this disease," said Dr. Alfred Gillio, who performed the transplant on Jan. 24. "We'll watch her very carefully. The highest risk of relapse is in the first year." The girls' grandfather, Gertrudis ...

Without a transplant, the extremely acute form of leukemia is treated with three years of chemotherapy, [Dr. Alfred] Gillio said. The chance of survival is about 30 percent. With a transplant, the chance of survival is 70 to 75 percent, he said.

In 1915, the mint in San Francisco struck the Panama Pacific $50 gold piece for a special ship expedition. "It's the largest size gold coin the US government has ever struck," said Ron Gillio, chairman of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp and Collectibles ...