Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... At first, chronic lymphocytic leukemia may cause no signs or symptoms. When signs and symptoms are present in the early phases of the disease, they are often vague and unspecific and include: Fever We...

Causes
... The cause of CLL is damage to the DNA of developing cells in the bone marrow. Your DNA is like a set of instructions for your cells, telling them how and when to grow and divide. Certain genes on your...

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment

Treatment
... There''s no known cure for CLL, and the treatments that exist can cause significant side effects for some people. In addition, many people have a slow-moving form of CLL that doesn''t cause symptoms f...

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Support

Coping skills
... Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is often characterized as a slow-moving type of cancer with few signs and symptoms in the early stages. But, if you have CLL, this may not seem all that reassuring. You ma...

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Other

Overview
... Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. It''s called chronic leukemia because it progress...

Donor Leukocyte Infusion
... Over the past 25 years, bone marrow transplantation has increased cure and long-term survival rates for patients diagnosed with leukemia and other blood disorders. Nonetheless, many patients who succe...