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Administrator•9 years ago

Hi Friends, Dr. Cathy Wu Explains TUMOR HETEROGENEITY and CLONAL EVOLUTION in CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia). I just posted this interview on my blog:...

TUMOR HETEROGENEITY and CLONAL EVOLUTION

Hi Friends, Dr. Cathy Wu Explains TUMOR HETEROGENEITY and CLONAL EVOLUTION in C...

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

Hi, everyone and Chris, In Canada, tbe treatment is FR is major, not FCR. Do you know why? Does cyclophosphamide have any toxic effects, although FCR is...

FCR or FR? Which is better?

Hi, everyone and Chris, In Canada, tbe treatment is FR is major, not FCR. Do y...

Miee

•9 years ago

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Does your Doctor's TAILORing influence you?

Researchers plan to launch a new study on the impact of doctors’ clothing choices, called "Target Attire to Improve Likelihood or Rapport” or TAILOR, after a...

Researchers plan to launch a new study on the impact of doctors’ clothing choice...

Administrator•9 years ago

Hi Friends, I just posted a personal reflection on my blog http://bkoffman.blogspot.com about the generous souls that actually give their blood to help keep...

Kindness of Strangers

Hi Friends, I just posted a personal reflection on my blog http://bkoffman.blo...

"Dr. Vallera and colleagues enrolled 25 chemo-refractory patients with previously treated pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia,...

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

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Diptheria Immunotoxin Effectively Targets B-Cell Malignancies - Phase 1 trial of DT2219

"Dr. Vallera and colleagues enrolled 25 chemo-refractory patients with previousl...

Hi everyone: I found the following description of the paper on a criterion for starting treatment. However, this criterion seems not to refer Hb and...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Hb and platelet number for starting treatment

Hi everyone: I found the following description of the paper on a criterion for ...

Miee

•9 years ago

Shanton Chang, Associate Professor in Information Systems at University of Melbourne, says "Going online without understanding the basics of how the...

We need to take responsibility for our own safety online

Shanton Chang, Associate Professor in Information Systems at University of Melb...

If you've ever checked the criteria for entering a trial to treat your CLL, you may have noticed one of the listed requirements is adequate kidney function....

Administrator•9 years ago

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Kidneys are amazing for all they do, be sure to look after yours

If you've ever checked the criteria for entering a trial to treat your CLL, you ...

Administrator•9 years ago

CAR-T therapy first showed success in CLL and AML leukaemias, but one of the problems with CAR-T is that the T-cells are not selective against cancerous...

‘Biodegradable’ CAR may aid transplant in AML

CAR-T therapy first showed success in CLL and AML leukaemias, but one of the pro...

Administrator•9 years ago

Hi All, Many of us take vitamin D and for good reasons. This study has identified a risk of overdoing it. Look at the numbers. A serum Vit. D test is simple...

Vitamin D - Too much Could Be As Bad For You As Too Little

Hi All, Many of us take vitamin D and for good reasons. This study has identifi...

ThreeWs

•9 years ago

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National Health and Medical Research Council says homoeopathy doesn’t work and patients are putting their health at risk

Australia's "peak medical research body has pronounced homoeopathy an ineffective medical treatment and warned the health of people who use it may be at...

Australia's "peak medical research body has pronounced homoeopathy an ineffectiv...

Administrator•9 years ago

As several of us have posted previously, there's a technological trend towards constant monitoring of your health parameters and the collection of that data...

Apple releases its watch and makes a surprise move into the area of medical research

As several of us have posted previously, there's a technological trend towards c...

After 9 years on W&W, I started chemotherapy for CLL last September. I had 3 rounds of Bendamustine & Rituximab followed each time by hospitalisation for...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Low White Cells

After 9 years on W&W, I started chemotherapy for CLL last September. I had 3 rou...

jaypax

•9 years ago

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Idelalisib gains SMC approval for NHS Scotland use + early access

Hi All, Some good news Idelalisib (Zydelig) has been accepted for restricted use by NHS Scotland. you can read the full guidance PDF from the download on the...

Hi All, Some good news Idelalisib (Zydelig) has been accepted for restricted u...

HAIRBEAR_UK

Founder Admin•9 years ago

The average American showers nearly every day, which is, according to a Euro-monitor poll, the global average as well. Showering frequency is similar in Spain,...

How Often People in Various Countries Shower

The average American showers nearly every day, which is, according to a Euro-mon...

shazie

•9 years ago

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Health Check: why do some people feel the cold more than others?

Not at all CLL specific, but given many of us have found we have temperature regulation difficulties with our CLL, I thought this article might be of......

Not at all CLL specific, but given many of us have found we have temperature reg...

Administrator•9 years ago

Friends With the recent ONCLIVE video as a stimulus, I just posted my Personal And Clinical Reflections on ITP In CLL, a subject near and dear to my heart....

ITP in CLL

Friends With the recent ONCLIVE video as a stimulus, I just posted my Personal ...

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

Blood work yesterday my husband is again very neutropenic after several months of slightly improved numbers. We are 10 months after 6 cycles of FCR....

Neutropenia after chemo

Blood work yesterday my husband is again very neutropenic after several months o...

dwolden

•9 years ago

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Australia - Call for changes to reduce blood cancer deaths through greater access to drugs

Australia's "Leukaemia Foundation has made 12 key recommendations in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the Availability of New, Innovative and...

Australia's "Leukaemia Foundation has made 12 key recommendations in a submissio...

Administrator•9 years ago

NCI Director Harold Varmus Resigns Author: Silas Inman Dr. Harold Varmus Harold Varmus, MD The Nobel Prize winning director of the National Cancer Institute...

NCI Director Resigns

NCI Director Harold Varmus Resigns Author: Silas Inman Dr. Harold Varmus Harold...

Justasheet1

•9 years ago

From a post by 'Soulskill' on Slashdot, who provided an excellent summary of research from Johns Hopkins, subsequently described and summarised by Mayo Clinic:...

Another Sign that Fitness is a Critical Factor in Life Expectancy - Treadmill Performance Predicts Mortality

From a post by 'Soulskill' on Slashdot, who provided an excellent summary of res...

Has anyone had eight months of treatment using Rituxan and Treanda (bendamustine) instead of the manufacture recommendation of six months? If yes, did you get...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Has anyone had eight months of treatment using Rituxan and Treanda (bendamustine)

Has anyone had eight months of treatment using Rituxan and Treanda (bendamustine...

Janetfld

•9 years ago

I have had CLL since 2006, I was 59 years old when I was diagnosed. I have had chemo with RCD twice, 6 treatments in 2008 and 3 in 2013. I have a number of...

CLL and Granuloma Annulare

I have had CLL since 2006, I was 59 years old when I was diagnosed. I have had c...

Catskillady

•9 years ago

It isn't easy posting for the first time, particularly if this on-line forum world is new to you. Then you wait patiently, wondering what others will think of...

Better posting tips

It isn't easy posting for the first time, particularly if this on-line forum wor...

I am 70 years old I have been patient with Type 2 diabetes for nearly twenty years and was also diagnosed with C L L in July 2012 . I have made several...

Administrator•9 years ago

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My Marathon 2015

I am 70 years old I have been patient with Type 2 diabetes for nearly twenty ...

surjeet44

•9 years ago

The updated version to this very popular post can be found here:...

Original Coping strategies for Living with CLL - Part 1- Making good use of "Watch and Wait". Please read new version!

PaulaS

Volunteer•9 years ago

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KILLING CANCER

Season 3 opener of VICE my favorite TV program on HBO. Set your DVR to record this program every Friday night. In this episode, in simple English that most...

Season 3 opener of VICE my favorite TV program on HBO. Set your DVR to record th...

shazie

•9 years ago

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Frontline therapy for CLL

Hi Friends In my latest blog post http://bkoffman.blogspot.com I go into some depth pulling up the references and providing some context for the role of...

Hi Friends In my latest blog post http://bkoffman.blogspot.com I go into some d...

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago