What Is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia?
In this video, Sangmin Lee, MD, explains the characteristics and treatment options for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
“Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most common type of leukemia in the United States,” says Sangmin Lee, MD, hematologist-oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. Like other types of leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) begins in the stem cells of the bone marrow.
Compared to an acute type of leukemia, CLL progresses more slowly, is less likely to cause symptoms, and is less likely to require immediate and aggressive treatment.
- Sangmin Lee, MDDr. Lee is a hematologist-oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork Presbyterian.
References
American Cancer Society. (2018). What is chronic lymphocytic leukemia?
Lymphoma Research Foundation (2018). Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma fact sheet.
National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Definition of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.
National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Definition of lymph node.
National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Definition of lymphocyte.
National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Definition of white blood cell.