About Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
白血病是一种癌症,骨髓产生过多的一种血细胞或异常血细胞. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. CLL does not have obvious symptoms. It is usually found during a routine blood test.
Signs & Symptoms
These are signs of CLL:
- Pain or feeling of fullness below the ribs
- Fever and infection
- Weakness or tiredness
- Weight loss for no known reason
- 颈部、腋下、胃部或腹股沟无痛性肿胀
许多其他健康问题也会导致这些症状. 如果你有任何这些迹象,请尽快去看医生.
Learn more about chronic lymphocytic leukemia from the National Cancer Institute.
Our Experts
作为一家癌症专科医院,大发娱乐每年为数百名CLL患者大发娱乐提供服务. 大发娱乐的医生团队致力于治疗CLL癌症患者,包括广泛的专业,并拥有数十年的集体经验. Our team is made up of:
- Medical, radiation, and surgery doctors
- 诊断专家,如放射科医生和病理学家
- Genetic counselors
- Nurses, dietitians, and social workers
大发娱乐的护理团队包括护士、高级护理护士和医师助理. 这些卫生保健专业人员随时可以回答您的问题并大发娱乐您解决您的担忧. 患者还可以访问亨斯迈癌症研究所急性护理(HAC), 哪家公司为需要快速治疗副作用和其他问题的癌症患者大发娱乐提供当日护理.
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Treatments
每位患者的治疗或治疗组合取决于护理团队的建议和患者的意愿. 大发娱乐的慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL)专家团队审查每个病人的情况, coordinates treatment, and plans follow-up care. 亨斯迈癌症研究所的血液病癌症项目大发娱乐提供全面的, compassionate, 为所有类型的血癌患者大发娱乐提供最先进的护理. Possible treatments include:
- Watchful waiting
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy
- Immunotherapy
- 靶向口服治疗(ibrutinib, venetoclax, ideelalisib,新型药物)
- Bone marrow/Stem cell transplantation
- CAR T cell therapy
- Surgery
- Clinical Trials
For all CLL patients, including those not on active therapy, 大发娱乐大发娱乐提供关于感染风险和继发性癌症发展的个性化咨询.
- 适当接种疫苗的咨询和管理
- 咨询和安排其他癌症筛查,包括皮肤癌检查, colonoscopies, mammograms, and prostate cancer screenings.
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Clinical Trials
临床试验可以为癌症患者带来新的希望. 大发娱乐的病人有最好的途径进行临床试验. 许多都是在亨茨曼癌症研究所发起的, 大发娱乐还参与了许多区域性和全国性的研究. 平均而言,大发娱乐每年为患者大发娱乐提供许多针对这种癌症的临床试验. 大发娱乐总是有最新和最好的新CLL药物可用于临床试验.
大发娱乐与亨斯迈癌症研究所的癌症研究人员合作,开发新的更好的癌症治疗方法, ways to detect cancers earlier, 并更好地了解受家庭影响的人们的需求.
作为患者,您将有机会捐献您的癌细胞用于:
- 在实验室里测试新的抗癌药物,然后再用于人体
- To discover genetic links in the transmission of CLL
- 研究对当前疗法的抵抗模式
Causes & Risk Factors
任何增加患病几率的因素都被称为风险因素. 有风险因素并不意味着你一定会得癌症. 这意味着你的几率比普通人要高. 和你的医生谈谈,了解更多关于你患癌症的风险.
These are risk factors for CLL:
- Being male
- Being white
- Increasing age
- Having a family history of CLL or cancer of the lymph system
- 亲属中有俄罗斯犹太人或东欧犹太人
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Diagnosis & Stages
Diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Doctors use these tests to diagnose CLL:
- Physical exam and history: 医生会检查你的身体是否有疾病的迹象. 你的个人健康习惯、过去的疾病和症状有助于指导检查.
- Laboratory tests: By testing body tissues, blood, urine, or other substances in the body, 你的医疗团队可以检查一下器官的功能. They also look for abnormal amounts of blood cells.
- Bone marrow biopsy: 医疗保健大发娱乐提供者取一小块骨髓样本,在显微镜下寻找异常细胞.
Stages of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
分期是显示癌症是否在血液和骨髓中扩散的过程. These are the stages for CLL:
- 0期:血液中淋巴细胞过多,但没有其他体征或症状. This is often called indolent CLL.
- 第一阶段:血液中淋巴细胞过多,淋巴结肿大.
- Stage 2: There are too many lymphocytes in the blood, lymph nodes are larger than normal, and the liver or spleen is larger than normal.
- 第三阶段:血液和淋巴结中淋巴细胞过多, liver, or spleen may be larger than normal. There are too few red blood cells.
- 第四阶段:血液和淋巴结中淋巴细胞过多, liver, or spleen may be larger than normal. 可能红细胞太少,血小板也太少.
Learn more about the stages of CLL from the National Cancer Institute.