Hope is crucial for those of us with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or any cancer, helping us navigate the disease's ...

1,8 In 1857, Nikolaus Friedreich, a German pathologist, proposed the first classification system for leukemia, distinguishing between acute and chronic subtypes. 2,12 In 1868, Ernst Neumann, a German ...

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Nakhle Saba, MD, and participants discussed the data supporting the 2 newer BTK ...

Leukemia is classified by stage. Different types of leukemia (acute vs. chronic) have different staging systems—with some with as few as three stages and others with as many as seven—but each ...

Gender information can be crucial for healthcare, but some LGBTQ+ patients are uncomfortable revealing their data to systems ...

About 9,560 new cases will be diagnosed with CML (5,610 in men and 3,950 in women) About 1,290 people will die of CML (740 men and 550 women) About 15% of all new cases of leukemia are chronic myeloid ...

About 23,690 new cases of CLL (14,340 in males and 9,350 in females) About 4,460 deaths from CLL ( 2,810 in males and 1,650 in females) CLL accounts for about 1 in 3 new cases of leukemia in the US, ...

Patients with coexisting conditions or who have poor outcomes with standard therapy—a large majority of which are older adults—struggle with standard treatments for chronic and small lymphocytic ...

Myeloid leukemias are called: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) The word "myeloid" also refers to a group of cells that differentiate, or mature, from a common myeloid ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a B-cell malignancy, with disease progression ranging from slow and indolent to ...

Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood. There are different forms of leukemia depending on what type of blood cell is affected. "Chronic" describes a gradual or slow progression, and "myeloid" ...