October 20, 2016

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Friends,

I’m back on the home front after speaking to the hematology fellows and the physician/scientists at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD on Monday.

Today in our 2016 Conference Coverage section, we are posting an interview from ASCO 2016 with Dr. Stephen Stilgenbauer where we discuss MRD negativity in CLL. You can access our interview here.

Patient & Caregiver Support Meetings

NEW! Tuesday, November 1^st at 6:30 PM at the Moffitt McKinley Outpatient Center in Tampa, FL – the first meeting of a new CLL Patient & Caregiver Support and Education Group. Patients and family caregivers are welcome. You can find more information here!

Tuesday, November 1^st at 7:00 PM in Tucker, GA, the Tucker Family Support Group, sponsored by LLS will be meeting. More information here.

Wednesday, November 2^nd from 4:00 – 5:00 PM in La Jolla, CA, The UCSD CLL Education and Support Group will be meeting. More information here.

Thursday, November 3^rd at 7:00 PM in New City, NY, The CLL Information & Support Group of Rockland County NY, sponsored by LLS will be meeting. More information here.

If you’re aware of other CLL Patient Support Group meetings, let us know and we’ll post them. Thanks!

In the meantime….

Stay strong.

We are all in this together.

Brian Koffman, MD