Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Research reports from Mayo Clinic provide new insights into chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Published in Blood Weekly, October 8th, 2009
"The diagnosis of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is used to characterize patients with a circulating population of clonal B cells, a total B-cell count of less than 5 X 10(9)/L, and no other features of a B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder including lymphadenopathy/organomegaly. The natural history of clinically identified MBL is unclear," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology report.
"The goal of this study was to explore the outcome of patients with MBL relative to that of individuals with Rai stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We used hematopathology records to identify a cohort of 631 patients with newly diagnosed MBL or Rai...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-10-08)
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