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A Chemo-Free Future for Managing CLL? Dr. Michael Hallek expresses his views on new treatments in this Patient Power interview

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Andrew Schorr interviews another very well know CLL specialist, Prof Dr. Michael Halleck

"Could monoclonal antibodies replace chemotherapy in treating CLL? Phase III clinical trials for these therapies are showing excellent results--especially in elderly patients--and may lead to chemo-free treatments that manage the disease with very few side effects. In this video, Dr. Michael Hallek from the Center for Integrated Oncology at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn in Germany, shares which patients are benefitting most from new approaches. "

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