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Expert CLL Doctors Speak Out on Test Before Treat

In science and medicine, information is constantly changing and may become out-of-date as new data emerge. All articles and interviews are informational only, should never be considered medical advice, and should never be acted on without review with your health care team.

Doctors on The Importance of Test Before Treat™ in Treating CLL:

We have been saying TEST BEFORE TREAT™ was critical, but you don’t have to just take our word for it.

The iwCLL and NCCN guidelines have confirmed our mantra.

So do leading CLL doctors, including:

Dr. Anthony Mato of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center about why doing appropriate testing before treatment is standard of care today: https://youtu.be/3nHi57XoOjU

Dr. Stephan Stilgenbauer of Ulm University in Germany on the correct testing for both diagnosing CLL and genetic testing to guide treatment: https://youtu.be/if94KN0dNOk

Dr. Rick Furman of Weill Cornell Medicine on FISH testing before each and every treatment decision to inform the best treatment choice and when to avoid chemotherapy: https://youtu.be/bhTb4bHVFm0

Dr. Nitin Jain of MD Anderson Cancer Center on clonal evolution that means that FISH and TP53 mutation status can change overtime and need to be retested: https://youtu.be/BS2_omMbnRU

Dr. Matthew Davids of Dana Farber Cancer Institute on why understanding the biology of the disease discovered through testing before treatment helps determine which is the best therapy: https://youtu.be/PJcMDmp3Dy8

We could go on, but we think you get the point.

Get the testing you need and deserve before treatment!

For a simple one-page summary to read yourself and/or take to your doctor, please download this:

https://cllsociety.org/2019/08/test-before-treat-one-pager/

Don’t leave home without it!

Stay strong. We are all in this together.

Brian and Patty Koffman – Co-founders of the CLL Society