February 28, 2017

Friends,

This week in the Clinical Trials section of the website, I have posted a summary of a great article on the efforts being made to made clinical trials available to more patients and to get study drugs to market sooner. You can read my summary here and link to the original article from Oncology Times.

CLL Patient Support Group Meetings This Week

Wednesday, March 1st at 4 PM – the UCSD CLL Support & Education Group will be meeting. More information here.

Thursday, March 2nd at 7 PM – The CLL Information & Support Group of Rockland County NY will be meeting. More information here.

Monday, March 6th at 7 PM – the CLL and Indolent Blood Cancers Support Group will be having a special meeting this month with a presentation on the latest updates by Dr. Jose Azar from the IU Simon Cancer Center and the opportunity for Q&A. More information here.

New CLL Patient Support Group Meetings

Saturday, March 4^th at 2 PM in Orlando, FL – the Orlando CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.

Saturday, April 15^th at 2 PM in Vienna, VA – the Washington DC-Area CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.

Saturday, April 22^nd in the Boston area – the Boston-area CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.

Sunday, April 23^rd at 4 PM in San Francisco – the San Francisco CLL Support Group sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.

ALSO – We are actively forming CLL-specific support group in a number of cities around the country. To see if your city is one of them, go to our home page and click on the interest survey for your city. JUST ADDED – Atlanta, GA; Salt Lake City, UT; Huntsville, AL. Not listed, but interested in starting one? Email us at support@cllsociety.org Thanks!

Upcoming Patient Education Meetings

• Thursday, March 2^nd from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in New York City: The Lymphoma Research Foundation will be hosting Ask the Doctor: Updates on CLL/SLL. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Dinner will be provided for registered attendees. Find out more information here.
• Saturday, March 4^th from 9 AM to 3 PM in Anaheim, CA: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is hosting their Southern California Blood Cancer Conference 2017 at the Anaheim Marriott. Dr. Herbert Eradat from the UCLA Lymphoma Program will be speaking at the CLL Breakout Session. Find out more information here.
• Saturday, March 18^th from 7:30 AM to 3:15 PM in Washington DC: The Lymphoma Research Foundation will be hosting Lymphoma Workshop: Understanding Lymphoma Basics and Current Treatment Options which will include disease-specific breakout sessions. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Find out more information here.
• Saturday, April 1^st from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM in Atlanta, GA: The Lymphoma Research Foundation will be hosting Lymphoma Workshop: Understanding Lymphoma Basics and Current Treatment Options which will include disease-specific breakout sessions. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Find out more information here.
• Thursday, April 6^th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Boston: The Lymphoma Research Foundation will be hosting Ask the Doctor: Updates on CLL/SLL. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Dinner will be provided for registered attendees. Find out more information here.

In the meantime….

Stay strong.

We are all in this together.

Brian Koffman, MD