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• Busy Few Weeks and a Therefore Rather Ironic Article on Fatigue in CLL (chronic...

  Hi Friends, It’s been a busy few weeks.Last week was exciting as we marked the first year since we launched our website, published our first 2016 issue of The... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Lymphoma Workshop: Understanding Lymphoma Basics and Current Treatment Options:...

  This Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is putting on a patient education meeting.Try to make it.Dr. Herb Eradat out of UCLA is... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Venetoclax in Refractory CLL (chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Patients with...

  Friends,This week in the 2015 Conference Coverage section of the CLLSociety.org we have posted my final interview with Dr. Stephan Stilgenbauer while we were... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• ASH 2015: Dr. John M Pagel on Idelalisib as Frontline Therapy in CLL (chronic...

  

  We have just learned of the good news of the broad FDA approval in the USA of ibrutinib in the frontline setting for CLL. This step forward in CLL therapy only... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• This Changes Everything: Approval of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for Frontline Use in...

  This is big news in stark contrast to the preliminary NICE recommendation to note approve ibrutininb for relapsed and refractory patients in the UK despite... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• ASH 2015: Dr. Stephan Stilgenbauer on Clonal Evolution in CLL (chronic...

  This week in the 2015 Conference Coverage section of the CLL Society website, we have posted an interview with Dr. Stephan Stilgenbauer as he discusses clonal... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Traveling Blues Related to CLL (chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)

  

  Stairs to the beach at Torrey Pines State Nature ReserveFebruary may be an extra day longer this year, but that still doesn't justify my travel schedule. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• From One CLL Trial to Another for An Aggressive CLL (chronic Lymphocytic...

  Friends,This week in the Clinical Trials section of the CLL Society website, we have posted an article authored by Adam Irgom. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• HealtheVoices: A Blogging and Social Media Patient Advocates' Summit This April...

  HealtheVoices 2016 is a great idea and a super opportunity for anyone wanting to share best practices and needing to learn that we are not alone in our struggle... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Dr. Tam on Venetoclax (ABT-199) for Treating CLL (chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)

  Friends,This week in the Conference Coverage section of the CLL Society website, we have posted an interview from the 2015 iwCLL meeting with Dr. Constantine... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Good News from OSU with Lab Results Back to Normal Including All My Liver Tests...

  As some of my readers may know, my liver tests were slightly elevated and then climbed a little higher on a second blood test 3 weeks later for no good reason. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Richter's Transformation and on the Road Again

  Friends,This week in the Beyond the Basics section of the CLL Society website, we have posted an interview from ASH 2015 with Dr. Januario Castro, although... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• World Cancer Day and The Role of CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)

  Friends,February 4th is World Cancer Day and there is so much we can do.Visit their website: http://www.worldcancerday.org and learn the many ways that we can... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Dr. Kanti Rai on the Future of CLL (chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Therapy

  Friends,This week on the CLL Society website we have posted an interview with the great Dr. Kanti Rai when he sat down to chat with me during a break from the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• It's Always Something: Latest Lab Results Bring the Unexpected in My CLL (chroni...

  Every seven weeks or so, I go to the cancer center associated with St. Jude in Fullerton, CA for my IVIG (intravenous immune globulins) infusion to keep my... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Prevalence and Economic Burden of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in the Era...

  This has been a banner year for developments in the treatment of CLL. In this last week of 2015 on the CLL Society website, in our Conference Coverage section,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• CLL Society Newsletter with Dr. Byrd on ACP-196 and Dr. Furman Answering...

  The CLL Society’s 2nd newsletter is out at http://www.cllsociety.org/newsletter/.There is a fresh interview with Dr. Byrd on his exciting ACP-196 data, Dr.... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Radiation Doses- What to Worry About and What to Shrug Off When We Have CLL...

  

  No amount of radiation is good for us. Ionizing radiation damages DNA and increases cancer risk. No question about it. So avoid x-rays unless they are truly... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• Starting a CLL (chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Society Support Group in LA Area

  Dear friends and fellow CLLers,If you live has been touched by CLL, then you realize how valuable a CLL specific support group can be.And some of us live in... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH

• CLL PATIENT AND CAREGIVER EDUCATIONAL FORUM at City of Hope This Saturday

  I'll be at City of Hope this Saturday with the latest news from ASH earlier this week and learn how a support group can improve our odds. It's not to late to... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH