Thanks to breakthroughs in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia, options go beyond chemotherapy and include targeted therapies and monoclonal antibodies. Article Do Alternative Therapies Help? Certain supplements and diets are touted to treat CLL, but they often don’t work, and can hurt you. Here’...
The most common adult leukemia may not show symptoms right away. Here’s how chronic lymphocytic leukemia is different, who gets it, and how it’s diagnosed. Continue Slideshow CLL Stages and Treatments Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) starts in bone marrow before moving into the blood. See...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of leukemia found in adults in Western countries, though it is extremely rare in Asian countries such as China and Japan. Can you properly identify the markers, differentials, and treatment indications?
In reflecting on the narrow range of treatment options available to his first patient, such as chlorambucil and vincristine, and later, combination therapies such as bendamustine-rituximab, Bruce Cheson, MD, characterizes the jump from chemotherapy-based courses to more recent, targeted regimens compose...
Ibrutinib is a first-in-class oral, covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). It was first approved in 2013 for treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma. It has since been approved for use in patients with pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and in CLL patients...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a "lymphocyte." Lymphocytes help your body fight infection. They're made in the soft center of your bones, called the marrow. If you have CLL, your body makes an abnormally high number of lympho...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a "lymphocyte." Lymphocytes help your body fight infection. They're made in the soft center of your bones, called the marrow. If you have CLL, your body makes an abnormally high number of lympho...
Is ITP related to leukemia? ITP and leukemia both affect blood cells. ITP may be confused with leukemia because they have similar symptoms, but it's not cancer. ITP doesn't turn into leukemia, but people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are more likely to have ITP. Sources...
If you have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), it's possible that your cancer will come back. The medical term for this is "relapse," and it means your disease returns or grows after you've been without signs of CLL for more than 6 months. ...
Next Article What About a Watchful Approach? Slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia may not need treatment right away. Learn what to expect from a CLL watchful waiting approach.