chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll…

Medical experts recommend this detailed explanation.

[ Find Organization | Index Page ]

bone marrow aspiration, auer rods, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, microscopic view, antibodies, cll, leukemia, chronic lymphocyctic, cll, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, malignancy, cancer, the white blood cells, lymphocytes, characterized by a slow, progressive increase of these cells, in the blood, bone marrow, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, affects the b lymphocytes, immunosuppression, the bone marrow, invasion of malignant, cancerous, cells into organs, the symptoms develop gradually, incidence, 2 per 100,000, increases, 90% of cases, found in people over 50, many cases, detected by routine blood tests, no symptoms, cll, no relationship to radiation, carcinogenic chemicals, viruses has been determined, disease is more common in jewish people of russian, east european descent, uncommon in asia, enlarged lymph nodes, liver, spleen, fatigue, abnormal bruising, occurs late, in the disease, excessive sweating, night sweats, loss of appetite, unintentional weight loss, elevated white blood cell count, cbc, flow cytometry revealing an abnormal population of white blood cells, bone marrow aspiration, the results of serum protein electrophoresis, early treatment, does not improve survival, early-stage disease often, no specific treatment, close observation is important, chemotherapy needed, a patient develops fatigue, anemia, thrombocytopenia, enlarged lymph nodes, troublesome, anti-cancer medicine, chemotherapy, used first, fludarabine, medicines that used in this disease include chlorambucil, leukeran, cyclophosphamide, cytoxan, treatment of cll is changing rapidly, several new drugs, alemtuzumab, campath, antibody against the surface of cll cells, has been approved, treatment of patients, cll, failed fludarabine, another antibody drug, rituximab, rituxan, used alone, in combination, traditional chemotherapy, radiation used, enlarged lymph nodes, blood transfusions, platelet transfusions required, stress of illness eased by joining a support group whose members share common experiences, prognosis depends on the stage, half of patients diagnosed, in the earliest stages, the disease live more than 12 years, cll has reached an advanced stage, half of these patients die, 2 years, increased risk of second malignancies, side effects of chemotherapy, bleeding from low platelets, fatigue from anemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, itp, hypogammaglobulinemia, reduced levels of antibodies, increased susceptibility to infection, develop enlarged lymph nodes, unexplained fatigue, bruising, excessive sweating, weight loss.