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Question Topics: CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia)

As a CLL survivor, how often should I receive a CAT scan or an MRI. If this is not a standard procedure, how will the doctor know when the cancer has returned?

- by Rene B

from USA

Topics: active observation, blood count, blood tests, cancer, CAT scan, CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia), consultation, hemoglobin (Hb), lymph node, monitoring, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), physical exam, platelets (PLT), standard of care, standard procedure, symptoms, white blood cell count (WBC count)

I’ve had lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma diagnoses within my immediate family. Are these diseases connected, and are my family members at elevated risk?

- by Joan C

from USA

Topics: acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AML NOS), B-cell lymphoma, B-cell malignancies, CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia), DLBCL (double-hit BCL-2/MYC), genes, hematological malignancies, hereditary malignancies, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD), myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), POT1 mutation, predisposition, richter’s syndrome (RS), TP53 gene

Hello, I'm being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and polycythemia. My question is how many people in the United States have both of these? Thank you.

- by Mike B

from USA

Topics: CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia), hematologic clones, incidence ratio, lymphoid disease, lymphoma, malignancies, MPN (myeloproliferative neoplasms), myeloid disease, population-based database, primordial stem cell, PV (polycythemia vera), PV myelofibrosis, SEER (Surveillence-Epidemiology-and-End-Results), thrombocythemia

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