Leukemia in older adults causes symptoms like weight loss, fatigue, and night sweats. Your outlook depends on the type of leukemia you have. Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood cells, ...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are two different types of leukemia. Both conditions affect white blood cells. CML affects a type of white blood cell called ...
Jaypirca is a targeted therapy for CLL and other specific cancers. It is known as a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTK inhibitor). BTK is an enzyme that helps certain types of cancer cells grow.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. There are many types of leukemia, and CLL is a common type in adults. This type of ...
FDA cleared acalabrutinib plus venetoclax as the only all-oral, fixed-dose combination option for first-line, treatment-naïve CLL/SLL. Phase 3 AMPLIFY showed superior PFS versus chemoimmunotherapy, ...
September is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month. An estimated 1,629,474 people in the United States (US) are living with or in remission from leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes ...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of blood cancer that causes your bone marrow to make too many of a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Unlike other types of leukemia, it’s a ...
Leukemic ocular involvement arises from direct infiltration, hematologic derangements (anemia, thrombocytopenia, ...
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for the combination regimen of VENCLEXTA® (venetoclax) and ...
AstraZeneca’s CALQUENCE® (acalabrutinib) in combination with venetoclax has been approved in the US as the first all-oral, fixed-duration regimen for the treatment of adult patients with chronic ...
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Leukemia vs. lymphoma

Leukemia starts in the bone marrow and spreads through the blood. Lymphoma originates in the spleen or lymph nodes and spreads through the lymph vessels. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is considered the ...