https://doi.org/10.4081/hmr.v1i2.223

Re-evaluation of response criteria in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the significance of minimal residual disease

Vol. 1 No. 2: Is Elimination of Minimal Residual Disease Significant for the Outcome of CLL? The Role of Alemtuzumab
Published: May 28, 2009
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Michael Hallek
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is one of the most common lymphoid malignancies in the developed world, affecting approximately 120,000 people annually in the USA and Europe. The disease has a very variable clinical course; many patients survive for decades without requiring treatment and die of unrelated causes, whereas other patients develop more aggressive forms of the disease that lead to an early death. Traditionally, the approach to the management of CLL has been watchful waiting, with clinical staging (Rai or Binet) providing limited prognostic information

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Hallek, M. (2009). Re-evaluation of response criteria in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the significance of minimal residual disease. Hematology Meeting Reports (formerly Haematologica Reports), 1(2), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.4081/hmr.v1i2.223
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