Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Bone marrow biopsy for CLL Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I had a blood test a few months ago and a moderately elevated white blood cell was reported "consistent with CLL". Approximately 6 weeks later, I had another test taken by another lab and the white blood cell count...
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia My father has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). He is 53 years of age. He was diagnosed in 1998, and since then his White Blood Cell count has been between 30,000 and 35,000. However, his last blood work test revealed a jump in the count to...
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," My mother-in-law has recently been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and I have been trying to research as much as I can about this disease. My mother-in-law has recently been diagnosed with chronic...
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Dementia Could there possibly be any causal relationship between Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) (or its associated high white cell count) and dementia? My mother was diagnosed with both at about the same time. I know this is most likely a...
CLL in patients under 40 Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I am 38 years old and in the past two weeks my local hematologist has diagnosed me with CLL. My white count is around 15,000 a bone marrow biopsy showed "subtle" infiltration and a CT scan showed no other...
CLL Prognosis Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I am a 48-year-old male recently diagnosed with CLL ( chronic lymphocytic leukemia ). My white blood cell count is 14.05, my red count is 4.59, and my hemoglobin count is 14.1. I just had a bone marrow biopsy, but...
Is CLL Hereditary? Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I just wanted to know if I could inherit (CLL) from my mother. She got it when she was about 40, and she has had it for 21 years. Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia...
Questions about CLL Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," My partner has CLL and is 40 years old. He was diagnosed 2 years ago and his white blood cell count has doubled each year for the past two years. His nodes, liver and spleen are enlarged and he is now on...
When to treat CLL Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) about 1 1/2 years ago. Today my white count is 27.5. I am going to start a five-week treatment of Rituxan. Is it really time to start? From what I have read,...