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Promising clinical results for new drug combination for CLL (GA101 plus Chlorambucil)

Some information from Cardiff to add to the recent GA101 posts ...
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How high can your CLL White Blood Cell (WBC) count go? (And what does it matter?)

I was rather surprised to hear Dr John Byrd mention a lymphocyte count of a mill...
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Blinatumomab and CLL

Some UK research and news of developments by the Cardiff CLL research team :...
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Ibrutinib article includes info on leukaemia and lymphoma and how lymphocytes function

Interesting Gizmag article on Ibrutinib with some good background on how lymphoc...
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New to all this!

My husband was diagnosed at age 59 and has been "watch and wait" for 3 years...h...
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I am getting conflicting advice about having the shingles injection that is to be available to over 70s in the autumn. Anyone really know?

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Patients Know Best..

This post is mainly for those in the UK, but the general principles could apply ...
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Stimulating the Immune System to Fight CLL - Patient Power video from ASCO

Research into immunotherapy—using a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer ...
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Update on CLL by Dr John Byrd to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on 1st May 2013

A live telephone/web education program on May 1, 2013 with over 1,500 participan...
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Hi is there any way I can fight the fatigue that I suffer any help would be gratefully received

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue 4 years ago However the...
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Bacteria causing cancer? Bacteria to Human gene transfers. Controversial but fascinating...

'There are 10 times more bacterial cells in our bodies from the microbiome than ...
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I have just had my latest blood count and my platelets are 130. Should I be worried? I have read that the normal count is 130-400.

Admin - Information on understanding your blood results can be found here:...
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Chaya Venkat says goodbye after a decade of exemplary service to the CLL community

After many years of tireless and selfless work supporting the CLL community thro...
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CLL/SLL & insect bites, the summer, my garden, & all who inhabit it.

Hi everyone. How great it is to be able to be out...
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Bad drug companies...

Chris can you comment on this..?? It it as bad as it reads..?? ...
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Obinutuzumab Active in Elderly Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

' Adding the investigational monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab (GA101, Genentech)...
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Biosimilars... Not rituxan, but 'highly similar' to rituxan?

Biosimilar --- WHO definition. 'A biotherapeutic product which is similar in ...
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Superfoods and cancer prevention

Just how ‘super’ are superfoods? http://theconversation.com/superfoods-n...
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A Mechanism-Driven Treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia?

Editorial http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMe1303054 Also publis...
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ABT-199/GDC-0199 Phase 1 study from EHA (European-Hematology-Association)

A more complete version of a study given at ASCO in early June....
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Slow healing bone fracture related to CLL?

I have a metatarsal stress fracture that hasn't healed months after the injury. ...
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New to Treatment

After 3 yrs on watch and wait my husband has been told that the time for treatme...
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Poor medical research..

POOR SCIENCE. Drug companies often publish the good results of drug trials, ...
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The risks of treatment.

The inherent risks of treatment. Like all medical treatments the treatmen...
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Vkakoi strane v Evrope proischodet kliniceskije ispytanije s IBRUTINIB ( CLL 17p deletion)

Uncluding chronic lymphocystis leukomija 17 p deletion (CLL)
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Exciting times in CLL: an ASCO 2013 interview with Dr Susan O’Brien

In this 18 minute video interview, Dr Susan O’Brien of MD Anderson, discusses so...
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New FDA warning on Human Immune Globulin Products - IG

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring manufacturers to add in...
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CLL and Genomics.

CLL and genomics. As the researchers delve ever deeper into the natural histo...
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Seems that it is SLL?

Hi all I am about to have to change my profile and ensure I start using C...
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Macmillan, Help us make a difference for working carers

This week is Carers Week. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the vital contributio...
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