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Co-morbidity scoring, not age, to guide therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Clemens Wendtner
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Co-morbidity scoring, not age, to guide therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
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Clemens Wendtner
Clemens Wendtner

ROME—Co-morbidities and cytogenetic markers in older patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia can be used as an accurate guide to selecting therapy rather than using age cut-offs, according to Clemens Wendtner, Professor of Medicine and Research Director of the Laboratory of Immunotherapy at the University of Cologne, Germany, who addressed the European Expert Forum on Blood Cancer in the Elderly in Rome. He tells ecancer radio about the potential for treating many fit older patients with the most effective regimens rather than consigning them to older alternatives.



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