Targeting the microenvironment: a new treatment paradigm for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Published: June 10, 2009
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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is one of the most common leukaemias to affect adults, comprising about 30% of all leukaemia cases and 20% of leukaemia-related deaths each year.1 The incidence is 3/100,000 per year in the western hemisphere,2 and, in the USA alone, an estimated 10,000 new cases are expected in 2006 and a further 4,660 men and women are expected to die from the disease.

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Chanan-Khan, A. (2009). Targeting the microenvironment: a new treatment paradigm for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Hematology Meeting Reports (formerly Haematologica Reports), 2(14). https://doi.org/10.4081/hmr.v2i14.511