慢性リンパ球性白血病は慢性リンパ球性白血病である

G Dighiero1, T J Hamblin

  • 1Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.

PubMed
まとめ

慢性リンパ球性白血病 (CLL) は,年配の成人における常見の血液がんであり,結果は変動します. 分子マーカーの進歩は,予後評価を改善しますが,新しい治療法にもかかわらず,CLLは依然として不治です.

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