Chronische lymphatische Leukämie

Translated title of the contribution: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A. Engelke, C. Müller, M. Hallek*

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Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a low grade Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the most frequent form of leukemia in western countries. The disease is characterized by a highly variable individual course. Clinical research has led to improvements in diagnostics, determination of risk profile and more effective therapy options. Chemoimmunotherapy is used as standard therapy for patients in advanced stages of the disease while the watch and wait strategy is the standard of care for patients in early stages of the disease or without clinical symptoms. Enrolment of patients in clinical trials is essential to allow further development of potential new therapies. It is anticipated that besides the clinical staging system new scores, models and methods, such as the minimal residual disease (MRD) assessment will gain importance in evaluation of the individual risk profile and treatment response.

Translated title of the contributionChronic lymphocytic leukemia
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)1115-1119
Number of pages5
JournalOnkologe
Volume18
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chemoimmunotherapy
  • Lymphocytic leukaemia
  • Minimal residual disease
  • Prognostic score
  • Watch and wait

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