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17544290

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common adult leukemia in the western world and is due to the accumulation of mature B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood, bone marrow and secondary lymphoid organs. The leukemic cells show a distinct phenotype, which is essential to reach the correct diagnosis. Despite the phenotypic homogeneity, the clinical outcome may be significantly different. Some patients have an indolent leukemia, with long survival while others experience an aggressive disease, with early and frequent need of treatment. At present, no chemotherapeutic regimens can be considered curative and all patients will die with (or because of) their disease. In recent years, research on CLL has led to important discoveries that help defining patients' prognosis at the moment of diagnosis. These prognostic factors, which are derived from the biological features of the leukemic lymphocytes, are now rapidly moved into the clinical arena. They are used to stratify patients in selected clinical trials to assess the value of early and more modern treatments, which are becoming available to hematologists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1040-8428
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
234-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, Universita' Vita-Salute San Raffaele, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. ghia.paolo@hsr.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review