March 29, 2023

A complete blood count test reviews the number of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets in the patient's blood. CLL affects B-cells, a type of...

March 23, 2023

A CLL patient should visit a CLL specialist as able. Even if this isn't often, the specialist can collaborate with the patient's local doctor to put the plan...

March 15, 2023

Remission means that CLL is not detectable in the body using highly sensitive tests. After a period of time (about 5 years at most) the CLL resurfaces...

March 08, 2023

To check for CLL, one of the things a patient’s doctor will look for are certain proteins on the surface of the B-cell’s membrane. The B-cell will be labeled...

March 08, 2023

The data showed that more CLL patients were able to take acalabrutinib for a longer period of time than those taking ibrutinib.

March 08, 2023

Doctor Scarfò stated that they have seen first-degree relatives of patients with CLL are at a higher risk of developing CLL in the future. CLL, however...

March 07, 2023

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells differ from normal B-cells by part of the cell’s DNA is deleted or changed which may cause the cell to be unable to...

March 01, 2023

CAR T-cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that helps patients’ T-cells become efficient at destroying the cancer. For some CLL patients, it has cured...

March 01, 2023

CAR T-cell therapy has shown promising data to effectively treat relapsed/refractory and high-risk CLL patients. Doctor Lydia Scarfò, MD presented recent data…

March 01, 2023

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