Newly Diagnosed Archives

May 2, 2023

Dr. John Seymour on IgHV Mutational Status

Dr. Koffman and Dr. Seymour discuss our latest learnings on how IGHV mutational status affects treatment outcomes.

April 16, 2023

Nurses Note: The Importance of Screening for Secondary Cancers After Being Diagnosed with CLL or SLL

Those diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) have many things they must stay on top of in terms of managing their health.

March 24, 2023

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Disclosure 101: Who, When, and What to Say About Your Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

One afternoon in late March 2013, a group of former colleagues and I were making small talk at a memorial service for Steve, who had just died of a brain tumor.

February 15, 2023

Karen Jones on Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and wAIHA Warriors

In this interview, Dr. Brian Koffman spoke with Karen Jones, executive director of wAIHA Warriors, a nonprofit dedicated to helping patients with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA). They discussed wAIHA Warriors and how wAIHA is connected to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

February 15, 2023

ASH 2022: Dr. Irina Murakhovskaya on Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (wAIHA) in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a common and serious complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). The ENERGY study will test the efficacy of nipocalimab for treating warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

January 13, 2023

Dr. Shahzad Mustafa on What it Means to be Immunocompromised for Patients with CLL/SLL

\In this interview, Dr. Brian Koffman spoke with Dr. Shahzad Mustafa, Division Chief of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology at Rochester Regional Health and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. They discussed immune deficiency (a.k.a. being immunocompromised) and what that means

December 29, 2022

What Makes Being Diagnosed with CLL So Surprising

Dr. Koffman was interviewed by Prevention magazine to share some of his emotional experiences when he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2005 and what he learned that helped him cope, primarily through the early part of his journey when he was asked to “Watch and Wait.” The

December 29, 2022

EAT THIS, NOT THAT! Signs There May Be Something Wrong with Your Blood, Including Weight Loss

While the questions were about blood disorders in general and not chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) or even leukemias specifically, you might find my responses and those of Dr. Eric Tam helpful in developing a broader understanding of what can go wrong in blood cancers and other disorders.

November 18, 2022

Response to Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Dr. Susan Leclair has reviewed three abstracts from the 2021 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, or ASH 2021, on chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) patients’ responses to vaccines, two on the COVID-19 vaccine, and one on the shingles vaccines.

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Newly Diagnosed

Dr. John Seymour on IgHV Mutational Status

Nurses Note: The Importance of Screening for Secondary Cancers After Being Diagnosed with CLL or SLL

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Disclosure 101: Who, When, and What to Say About Your Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

Karen Jones on Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and wAIHA Warriors

ASH 2022: Dr. Irina Murakhovskaya on Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (wAIHA) in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Dr. Shahzad Mustafa on What it Means to be Immunocompromised for Patients with CLL/SLL

What Makes Being Diagnosed with CLL So Surprising

EAT THIS, NOT THAT! Signs There May Be Something Wrong with Your Blood, Including Weight Loss

Response to Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

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