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Your treatment depends on how advanced your CLL is, your age and general health, and if you have certain gene changes. Be sure you know the goal of your treatment, how long it will take, the potential side effects, and what to do if something doesn’t feel right. This helps you take...
Small-molecule kinase inhibitors, especially the two Food and Drug Administration-approved agents idelalisib and ibrutinib, have changed the treatment landscape for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, with these positive changes comes the new challenge of ...
Overview Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Management What is chronic lymphocytic leukemia?Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is cancer in your blood and bone marrow. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell (WBC) that prevent and fight infections. Your bone marrow makes damaged lymphocytes and ...
Ongoing studies utilizing large-scale health databases that incorporate environmental, lifestyle, biological, and phenotypic data may provide insight that leads to better cancer prevention and treatment. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it can be beneficial during this month to t...
Treatment of primary fibrosarcoma in the rat with immune lymphocytes. Lancet. 1964;284:117–120. (Open in a new window)Google Scholar Rosenberg SA, Packard BS, Aebersold PM, et al. Use of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and interleukin-2 in the immunotherapy of patients with metastatic melanoma...
The immunomodulating drug lenalidomide is approved for treatment of multiple myeloma (MM)1 and 5q- myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).2 However, its mechanism of action remains unclear and may be disease specific. The maximal tolerated dose was 25 mg daily in MM,1 but 10 mg daily was as effectiv...
B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). One in three people with lymphoma have this type, and it mainly affects older adults. It’s a fast-growing cancer that can start in your lymph nodes or related organs like your thymus, spleen, or tonsils. It usually responds well to treatment and is often cured...
1. “Urinary Retention: Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment.” Cleveland Clinic. 2. “Urinary Incontinence.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Image Courtesy: 1. “Urinary retention” By Frivadossi – Own work(CC BY-SA 3.0)via Commons Wikimedia ...
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is archetypical of a plasma cell dyscrasia causing organ dysfunction through deposition of its monoclonal protein. When identified at an early stage, much or all of the organ dysfunction may be reversible with treatment of the clonal entity; however, the sequelae of...