EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                          CONSENT OF FOLEY & LARDNER
    
  We consent to the reference to our firm as set forth at Page 54 under the
caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related
Prospectus of Cell Therapeutics, Inc. for the registration of 2,300,000 shares
its Common Stock.     
                                                        
                                                    /s/ Stephen A. Bent
                                                    By:  Stephen A. Bent
                                                         Partner Foley & Lardner
                                                                                
Washington, D.C.
   
October 6, 1997