Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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Dr Tam is a Consultant Haematologist from Melbourne, Australia. He recently gave a presentation to our CLL support group in Auckland during which he explained the biology of CLL and also discussed treatment and side effects. Part 1 of 4

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Dr. John Pagel, from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, details important advances that signal a changing treatment landscape in CLL with new options for patients. Pagel explains some of the new drug therapies, including insights from ASH 2012, that may mean a move away from chemotherapy for some patients.

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Dr. Steven Rosen, Director of the Lurie Cancer Center in Chicago, shares his perspective on the latest news from the American Society of Hematology's 2011 annual meeting, focused around major advances in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). A new, non-chemotherapy approach may provide a better tolerated approach to treating the disease, especially for older patients and those with genetic variations that do not respond to the current standard of care.

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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, is one of the most common types of blood cancers, with about 16,000 patients in the United States each year. In this video, Mayo Clinic hematologist Dr. Wei Ding discusses new treatments being developed to help patients fighting CLL.

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BMM-Oncology is an, independent, on-line, research, news and education channel designed to communicate the latest in clinical research and development, news, trending topics, current opinion, congress updates, expert interviews and debates, and other vital information to the global oncology and haematology communities. Owned and published by Biopharma Medical Multimedia, healthcare professional educator and publisher of the European Journal of Clinical and Medical Oncology ad EJCMO.TV to fill the urgent need for rapid communication of critical information in the form of video, audio article content. BMM-Oncology is editorially independent of any commercial interests. Our Mission is to keep the oncology community up to date with the latest research and clinical advances with the aim of constantly improving clinical outcome.

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Mayo Clinic Dr. Tim Call describes Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), its diagnosis, and treatment options for patients with CLL.

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