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Lyle in remission, but needs bone-marrow transplant

Jarrod Lyle’s wife provided an optimistic update on the Australian’s third battle with leukemia Tuesday, but she cautioned that a difficult road remains.

Lyle said last week that he’s in remission after his blood counts return to normal levels.

“What has happened since he began chemo has been great and really important,” said Lyle’s wife, Briony, according to the Australian PGA’s website, “but the word ‘remission’ might be a bit misleading in this instance because he’s not ‘cured’ yet.

“Jarrod will return to the hospital at some point in the next week or so for ‘consolidation chemo’ to try to keep things as they are for the moment.