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Updated: December 20, 2008
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# Date Title
309 Dec 18, 2008 Acupuncture
308 Dec 06, 2008 Toxoplasmosis (Cat Lovers - Beware!)
307 Dec 02, 2008 Take Care of your Ticker
306 Nov 20, 2008 Pneumonia - the Alpha and Omega for CLL Patients
305 Nov 07, 2008 Familial CLL
304 Nov 03, 2008 ITP: It Really Helps to Get Rid of the Bugs in Your Stomach
303 Nov 01, 2008 MGUS: Not So Benign After All
302 Oct 28, 2008 Fighting Two Wars at the Same Time
301 Oct 27, 2008 Campath in the News
300 Oct 09, 2008 Double Trouble : More is Not Better When it Comes to 13q Deletions
299 Oct 09, 2008 A New "Superbug" to Torment Us
298 Sep 29, 2008 A Good Day to Talk about Depression
297 Sep 27, 2008 Two New Clinical Trials With HuMax-CD20
296 Sep 24, 2008 Dirty Lab Coats: Doctors Who Compromise Patients' Health
295 Sep 22, 2008 Tanning Beds? Not Even if You Are a Republican!
294 Sep 21, 2008 A New Anti-CD20 Monoclonal in Clinical Trials
293 Sep 13, 2008 Rituxan in the news
292 Sep 06, 2008 Revlimid (aka lenalidomide) in the news
291 Aug 04, 2008 The physician - patient relationship
290 Jul 31, 2008 Humax-CD20 clinical trial results
289 Jul 28, 2008 NK Cell Therapy: Better Than Transplants?
288 Jul 25, 2008 At last! Some one did the Rituxan experiment that needed to be done
287 Jul 09, 2008 Warning: Cipro, Levaquin may cause serious tendon damage
286 Jul 04, 2008 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
285 Apr 25, 2008 Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Lyme disease
283 Mar 31, 2008 Low hemoglobin and platelets: the WHY is important
281 Mar 08, 2008 Rituxan + Fenretinide Clinical Trial Update
280 Mar 04, 2008 Does prior Rituxan therapy take away "chemo naive" status?
279 Mar 02, 2008 Are CLL patients living longer?
277 Feb 25, 2008 A Bold New Journey Starts
276 Feb 19, 2008 CLL - Work in Progress
275 Feb 12, 2008 The flu bug is particularly nasty this year
274 Feb 10, 2008 Single agent fludarabine: Don't do it
273 Jan 18, 2008 Mini-allo MUD transplants at the NCI
272 Jan 16, 2008 A Great Man Has Died
271 Jan 12, 2008 Hearing Patients' Voices
270 Jan 05, 2008 EPO Drugs - Not to Be Overused
269 Dec 23, 2007 Keep Your Money Where It Is Most Needed
268 Dec 20, 2007 CT Scans: Are They Necessary to Evaluate Response to Therapy?
267 Dec 20, 2007 Genitope's MyVax Disappoints
266 Dec 13, 2007 Treanda: A Facelift for Bendamustine
265 Dec 07, 2007 Flu Season: Prevention, Prevention and More Prevention …
264 Dec 06, 2007 ITP: Immune Thrombocytopenia
262 Nov 27, 2007 Green Tea - Phase I Trial Results at Mayo Clinic
261 Nov 25, 2007 Secondary Cancers in CLL
260 Nov 17, 2007 Tell It Like It Is, Please
259 Nov 16, 2007 HuMax-CD20 Clinical Trial Results
258 Nov 12, 2007 Genitope CLL Vaccine Trial Update
257 Oct 16, 2007 Ground Rules
256 Oct 14, 2007 Grim News for Refractory Patients
255 Oct 08, 2007 Dithering Is Human
254 Oct 07, 2007 Jab & Dab: Clinical Trial Launched
253 Sep 29, 2007 Quality of Life with CLL
252 Sep 24, 2007 Campath as Frontline Therapy
251 Sep 19, 2007 The Best and Worst of American Medicine
250 Sep 10, 2007 Making Sensible Decisions About Stem Cell Transplants
248 Sep 01, 2007 Call to Action
247 Aug 29, 2007 FISHing in Murky Waters
246 Aug 17, 2007 What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
245 Aug 15, 2007 Prophylaxis: Do It Right — Take the Necessary Precautions Ahead of Time
244 Aug 12, 2007 With a Little Help from a Million or So of Your Friends
243 Aug 10, 2007 Cord Blood Transplants: The State of the Art
242 Aug 08, 2007 Gene Therapies
241 Jul 14, 2007 Lyme Disease and CLL
240 Jul 05, 2007 Autoimmune Complications
239 Jul 04, 2007 Catch 22: The Transplant Minefield
238 Jun 12, 2007 Harvey's Battle Plans
237 Jun 08, 2007 Got Protection? Immunoglobulins
236 Jun 08, 2007 Secondary Cancers in CLL & What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
235 May 27, 2007 “Vaccine Therapy” Clinical Trial at Baylor
234 May 26, 2007 FUO: Fevers of Unknown Origin
233 May 16, 2007 Bexxar: An Introduction to Radioimmunotherapy
232 May 11, 2007 Rituxan: Delayed Onset Neutropenia
231 May 07, 2007 Protecting the Borders
230 May 04, 2007 Mini-allo Transplants Just Got Safer
229 Apr 29, 2007 Tumor Load, Lactic Acid, Cramps and Infections
228 Apr 22, 2007 Refractory AIHA: What Comes After Steroids and Rituxan?
227 Apr 12, 2007 CAT-8015 Clinical Trial
226 Apr 05, 2007 How Old Is “Old”?
225 Apr 01, 2007 Treating Autoimmune Disease: ITP and AIHA in CLL
224 Mar 28, 2007 Conflict of Interest Can Kill
223 Mar 25, 2007 AIHA and FCR Therapy
222 Mar 09, 2007 FDA Gets Serious about EPO Warning
221 Mar 06, 2007 This Year's Flu
220 Mar 06, 2007 “Lumi” — The New Babe in Town
219 Mar 04, 2007 Using Revlimid Outside Clinical Trials
218 Jan 30, 2007 Revlimid Phase II Results at ASH 2006
217 Jan 27, 2007 Therapy Induced Pulmonary Toxicity
216 Jan 25, 2007 Two Flu Shots Better than One?
215 Jan 21, 2007 Curry and Spice and All Things Nice (?!)
214 Jan 20, 2007 Steroid Therapy and Potential Diseases of the Eye
213 Jan 08, 2007 Rituxan + Fenretinide: A Brand New Clinical Trial Sponsored by CLL Topics
212 Jan 06, 2007 More on Stem Cell Transplants — Almost Free
211 Jan 03, 2007 Sibling Donor Stem Cell Transplants - Almost Free
207 Nov 30, 2006 Toxicity and "Chemo Brain"
206 Nov 28, 2006 Credible Information on Vitamin D3 — The Vitamin D Council
205 Nov 27, 2006 Women Donors for Stem Cell Transplants
204 Nov 24, 2006 Vitamin D3 and Infections
203 Nov 18, 2006 Easy Does It — Questioning the Gold Standard
202 Nov 17, 2006 Bronchitis: Don't Reach for the Antibiotics
201 Nov 16, 2006 Epoetin: Money Makes the World Go Around
200 Nov 16, 2006 Tregs Revealed: Regulators and Killers
199 Nov 13, 2006 Familial CLL: New Developments
198 Nov 08, 2006 Respiratory Infections
196 Sep 19, 2006 Management of Early Stage, Newly Diagnosed Patients
193 Sep 02, 2006 Illusions: I Have CLL but I Never Get Sick
192 Sep 02, 2006 Infections: Who Is Most at Risk?
191 Aug 31, 2006 Steroid-Campath Combinations: A Sledgehammer To Be Used Wisely
190 Aug 30, 2006 News Report: Drug companies "manipulating trials"
189 Aug 26, 2006 Rituxan: the Shaving Reaction
188 Aug 24, 2006 CLL: Diagnosis and Treatment — Overview Article
187 Aug 21, 2006 MRSA: A Deadly Super Bug
186 Aug 16, 2006 Vitamin D3 Debate Continues
184 Aug 12, 2006 HuMax-CD20: Belt, Suspenders — and Cummerbund
183 Aug 12, 2006 Usefulness of Online Medical Information
182 Aug 02, 2006 CLL Topics in the News
181 Aug 01, 2006 Genitope Vaccine Trial: Developments
180 Jul 31, 2006 CLL and Risk of Lung Cancer
179 Jul 28, 2006 A Bullseye on Rituxan
178 Jul 26, 2006 Bird Flu (H5N1): Some Hopeful News
177 Jul 22, 2006 Doxorubicin: the Gift that Keeps on Giving
176 Jul 22, 2006 Pushing Revlimid
175 Jul 21, 2006 Simvastatin, EBV-Driven Lymphomas, Patents
174 Jul 20, 2006 David vs. Goliath - Comparing HuMax-CD20 with Rituxan
173 Jul 14, 2006 Filtering Out EBV Noise
172 Jul 08, 2006 Mononucleosis and CLL: a Straw Poll
171 Jul 05, 2006 EBV: The Enemy Within
170 Jun 20, 2006 Quality of Life with CLL
169 Jun 18, 2006 CLL and Skin Cancers: How to "Sell" Your Doctors
168 Jun 16, 2005 Summer Is Here — and So Are Skin Cancer Worries
167 Jun 10, 2005 Infections Kill CLL Patients
166 Jun 07, 2006 Safety Concerns: Epogen, Procrit, Aranesp
165 Jun 05, 2006 How Did We Get Here From There?
164 May 26, 2006 Harvey is Back! An Update on Genmab's HuMax-CD20
163 May 26, 2006 Project Alpha Update
162 May 26, 2006 Transparency in Clinical Trials: Your Life Depends on It
161 May 18, 2006 Money Makes the World Go Round
160 May 14, 2006 Jab & Dab
159 Apr 10, 2006 An Update on Harvey
158 Apr 04, 2006 Stem Cell Transplants: Are You a Good Candidate?
157 Mar 22, 2006 Honor Is Due
156 Mar 22, 2006 CLL, the "Chronic Condition"?
155 Mar 19, 2006 F+C vs F Comparison
154 Mar 15, 2006 Thalidomide in Blood Cancers: Disappointing Results
153 Mar 05, 2006 A Vaccine Trial for CLL Patients
152 Feb 26, 2006 Forest Bump
151 Feb 16, 2006 Aranesp Safety Warning
150 Jan 31, 2006 Rituxan Adverse Effects
149 Feb 09, 2006 CLL Therapy: Winning the Battle but Losing the War?
148 Feb 07, 2006 Green Tea Extracts (EGCG) and Weight Loss
147 Feb 06, 2006 Latest on Green Tea Extracts (EGCG)
146 Jan 23, 2006 Lymphocyte Doubling Time
145 Jan 18, 2006 Comparing Apples and Kumquats
144 Jan 12, 2006 FCR Lite — The Goldilocks Dilemma
143 Jan 06, 2006 RF Risks and Benefits
142 Jan 03, 2006 Early Results from GenMab's HuMax Clinical Trial
141 Dec 14, 2005 Omega-3 Fats in Fish Oil Combat Pulmonary Inflammation
140 Dec 09, 2005 EGCG: Early Clinical Results in CLL Patients
139 Dec 09, 2005 Suspension of 17-AAG Clinical Trial
137 Nov 17, 2005 Avian Flu and CLL
136 Nov 11, 2005 FISH, "Normal" Karyotype, and Clonal Evolution
135 Nov 09, 2005 MCL - a Wolf in CLL Clothing
134 Nov 02, 2005 Three New CLL Clinical Trials - All Targeting Bcl-2
133 Oct 19, 2005 Familial CLL: a Reminder
132 Oct 11, 2005 F versus FC
131 Sep 29, 2005 Mayo Website Article on Bird Flu
129 Sep 28, 2005 Bird Flu in Humans
128 Sep 24, 2005 The Big Business of Clinical Trials
127 Sep 22, 2005 Things that Go Bump in the Night: The Flu Season Is Upon Us
126 Sep 16, 2005 New Improved CD20 Monoclonal from Genmab
125 Sep 08, 2005 Skin Cancer Worries: Useful Contact Information
124 Sep 07, 2005 Novel Immunotherapy Trial at the Hutch
123 Aug 22, 2005 Project Alpha Begins Patient Recruitment
122 Aug 19, 2005 The Brit. Version of FCR+M
121 Aug 17, 2005 Death by Conventional Wisdom
120 Aug 12, 2005 Dr. Faderl's Response
119 Aug 11, 2005 A Turbocharged Clinical Trial: FCR+M
118 Aug 10, 2005 Balancing Risks and Rewards: FCR+M Clinical Trial
117 Aug 09, 2005 FRC, Kicked Up Another Notch!
116 Aug 06, 2005 What to Avoid in Stem Cell Transplants
115 Aug 04, 2005 A Statin a Day
114 Aug 01, 2005 Risk Adapted Strategies
113 Aug 01, 2005 Genmab's HuMax-CD20 Clinical Trial
112 Jul 29, 2005 GVHD in Allo Stem Cell Transplants
111 Jul 27, 2005 Medscape Review: Epidemic of Skin Cancers
110 Jul 26, 2005 Nice to See the Good Guys Win
109 Jul 19, 2005 The Only Real Cure Out There, for Now
108 Jul 19, 2005 Fludarabine Therapy Increases Risk of Skin Cancer
107 Jul 17, 2005 An Interesting Vaccine Trial for CLL Patients
106 Jul 16, 2005 A New Lease on Life for "Bucket C" Patients
105 Jul 14, 2005 Special Care for Your Heart
104 Jun 24, 2005 17-AAG: A Brand New Clinical Trial
103 Jun 22, 2005 G-CSF or GM-CSF? Which Is the Safer Choice?
102 Jun 21, 2005 Rituxan plus Leukine (GM-CSF) Has Benefit in NHL
101 Jun 21, 2005 IgVH Test, Quest, Ohio State
100 Jun 20, 2005 Telling It Like It Is
99 Jun 09, 2005 Interview with Honokiol Researchers
98 May 08, 2005 Don't Waste Your Money
97 May 26, 2005 Fludarabine: Risk of Richter’s Transformation
96 May 23, 2005 Revlimid: A Breakthrough?!?
95 May 21, 2005 A Morality Tale of Two Friends
94 May 16, 2005 Buddy Can You Spare a Little Blood to Get this Research Going?
92 May 08, 2005 Honokiol: Miracle Herb or Feel Happy Pill?
91 Apr 21, 2005 Benefits of IVIg: Worth Examining
90 Apr 21, 2005 Aldara: a Promising New Drug for Actinic Keratosis
88 Apr 20, 2005 More on Prognostic Test Packages - Take Care of the Details
87 Apr 03, 2005 Affordable Prognostic Testing - Now Available at Last!
86 Mar 18, 2005 CLL Global Research Foundation
85 Mar 16, 2005 The Dangers of Vitamin E Supplements
84 Mar 13, 2005 Rituxan plus Short Duration Campath
83 Mar 06, 2005 Good News for the Tough Cases - Campath to the Rescue
82 Feb 26, 2005 Who Is Driving the Bus?
81 Feb 25, 2005 The Dawn of a New Era
80 Feb 23, 2005 Anemia Can Be a Silent Killer
79 Feb 19, 2005 Project Alpha Fundraising Goal Reached
78 Feb 17, 2005 Inquiring Minds: This Might Be Good for a Chuckle or Two
77 Feb 16, 2005 The Difference Is Friendliness
76 Feb 10, 2005 Progress on Prognostics
75 Feb 04, 2005 Genitope: Vaccine Approach to B-Cell Cancers
74 Jan 31, 2005 More on Mouth Sores: An Expert Weighs In
73 Jan 30, 2005 Oral Sores Can Get Pretty Ugly
72 Jan 28, 2005 Dr. Hamblin Speaks Out
71 Jan 23, 2005 A Fishy Tale
70 Jan 21, 2005 Aranesp Warning – The Dark Side of Epo
69 Jan 12, 2005 A Real Pain in the Mouth
68 Dec 23, 2004 "Harvey" Is Doing Well
67 Dec 23, 2004 Remicade Warning
66 Dec 20, 2004 An Early Christmas Present from Blood
65 Dec 20, 2004 Gifts From the Heart
64 Dec 18, 2004 Matching Made Simple
63 Dec 17, 2004 Vioxx Gone - Now Celebrex Is Out Too
62 Dec 12, 2004 ASH 2004 Highlights
61 Dec 11, 2004 EGCG Candy - Just in Time for the Holiday Season
60 Dec 08, 2004 Squamous Cell Carcinoma
59 Nov 27, 2004 Genes Sleeping on the Job
57 Nov 16, 2004 R plus HDPM
56 Nov 11, 2004 How Much EGCG Should You Take?
55 Nov 09, 2004 Shopping for the Right Therapy
54 Oct 26, 2004 CDC Advisory on Anti-virals in Response to Flu Vaccine Shortage
53 Oct 25, 2004 Cancer Drugs, Wheelchairs on Medicare's Cutback List
51 Oct 15, 2004 New Rituxan Combination in the News
49 Oct 11, 2004 Rituxan Warning
48 Oct 09, 2004 Vioxx Is Out but How About Celebrex?
47 Oct 05, 2004 Those Pesky Aches and Pains
46 Oct 04, 2004 A Derivative of Celebrex as Potential CLL Drug
45 Oct 01, 2004 Vioxx Warning
44 Sep 29, 2004 Exciting New Drugs on the CLL Horizon
42 Sep 15, 2004 CLL and Basal Cell Carcinoma
41 Sep 14, 2004 ZAP-70 and IgVH Gene Mutation Status as Prognostic Indicators
40 Sep 02, 2004 "Teavigo": Roche's High EGCG Content Product
39 Aug 24, 2004 Mayo Best Practices
38 Aug 15, 2004 AIHA: Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
34 Jul 30, 2004 Clinical Trial Results: Rituxan + Campath
32 Jul 15, 2004 New York Times editorial on July 14, "Choosing Death"
31 Jul 14, 2004 Familial CLL: An Expert Opinion
30 Jul 06, 2004 Adding Neupogen to Rituxan Therapy
29 Jun 30, 2004 FluCam-106
28 Jun 25, 2004 Project Alpha Milestones
27 Jun 24, 2004 The Dangers of Overmedication
26 Jun 15, 2004 "Coral Calcium"
25 Jun 15, 2004 The Flip Side of Sun Avoidance – Too Little Vitamin D3
24 Jun 06, 2004 Flavopiridol - a Drug that May Save Lives
22 May 13, 2004 Fludarabine Monotherapy No Longer the Gold Standard
21 May 12, 2004 Corticosteroid Therapy and Increased Risk of Skin Cancer
18 May 06, 2004 More on "Harvey’s Chocolates"
17 May 04, 2004 Harvey’s Chocolates
16 Apr 30, 2004 Bone Loss after Stem Cell Transplants
15 Apr 20, 2004 Familial CLL
14 Apr 18, 2004 Hitting a Home Run with Campath Consolidation?
13 Mar 15, 2004 Results of Phase - 2 Ontak in Relapsed CLL Patients
12 Apr 13, 2004 LMB-2 in Phase - II Trial Sponsored by NCI
11 Apr 13, 2004 Combination of Rituxan plus Campath in Relapsed CLL Patients
10 Apr 08, 2004 Is Rituxan More Dangerous Than Fludarabine?
9 Mar 31, 2004 Comparing Clinical Trials
8 Mar 28, 2004 Stem Cell Transplants in CLL Patients: Dana Farber Statistics
7 Mar 26, 2004 CLL Greatly Increases Your Risk of Skin Cancer
6 Mar 24, 2004 Fludarabine as Front-line Therapy
5 Mar 22, 2004 Sinus and Pulmonary Problems in CLL
4 Mar 21, 2004 ZAP-70 Testing: Where to Go, How Much It Costs
3 Mar 20, 2004 Two Popular Anemia Drugs Under FDA Scrutiny
2 Mar 19, 2004 Deletion of 6q21 and Prognostic Risk
1 Mar 18, 2004 What You Need to Know – Mayo "Best Practices"
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