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February 3, 2023

Goodbye, Evusheld, and Thanks for the Memories

Evusheld may not have been our perfect get-out-of-jail-free card, like in the game of Monopoly, during the last year. Still, it did provide a similar and perhaps superior degree of safety for the CLL/SLL community compared to that afforded by vaccinations in our friends with a normal immune systems.

September 22, 2022

Are the Ever-Changing COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOC) Going to Eventually Negate Any and All Protection That CLL/SLL Patients Might Have Received from the Vaccines and Evusheld?

What follows is just my opinion. Data are thin in many areas, but there are also some areas of solid research to guide us.

April 21, 2022

COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal and Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: Moving CLL/SLL and Other Immunocompromised Patients to the Top Tier

In a pandemic with scarce resources, governments, medical institutions, and healthcare providers have had to make decisions and/or policies about allocating potentially lifesaving therapies among the many outpatients who might benefit from them.

February 2, 2022

As the Doors Open for Some, They Close for Others: The story of a Vulnerable CLL Family in Dublin, Ireland

all want this nightmare to be over. We want to be rid of masks and to be able to enjoy our social and public life again. We are tired of waiting to feel safe enough to share a show, a meal, or a pint with friends.

January 28, 2022

Nothing is Perfect

If we with CLL/SLL are waiting for 100% security against COVID-19, our wait may never end. Indeed, staying at home and not venturing out or inviting anyone over will protect us, but at what cost? What family milestones or everyday joys will we miss? What adventures and new and old

September 14, 2021

Learning What Is Common As a Group

One way to look at data is to see what commonalities are seen in a collection of data.

June 17, 2021

It’s Time to Focus on the CLL ‘Host’

The unique biological environment within each of us influences how a specific disease presents, progresses, and responds.

June 11, 2021

Lies, More Lies, and Statistics

By Susan J. Leclair, PhD, CLS (NCA) I know it is a common belief that statistics and lies are synonymous, mostly I think because statistics seems so foreign to most people. Statistics tries to answer in numbers only a few questions, but uses several different methods to try to

December 5, 2017

One Man’s Opinion: Dr. Rick Furman on the Diminished Role of FCR in treating CLL

Dr. Rick Furman of Weill-Cornell answers your questions in our ASK THE DOCTOR feature in our quarterly newsletters, responds to many more questions in the CLLSLL.io group, (an active forum for CLL patients and caregivers worth checking out), and has done pivotal research on new therapies that have redefined

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Opinions

Goodbye, Evusheld, and Thanks for the Memories

Are the Ever-Changing COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOC) Going to Eventually Negate Any and All Protection That CLL/SLL Patients Might Have Received from the Vaccines and Evusheld?

COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal and Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: Moving CLL/SLL and Other Immunocompromised Patients to the Top Tier

As the Doors Open for Some, They Close for Others: The story of a Vulnerable CLL Family in Dublin, Ireland

Nothing is Perfect

Learning What Is Common As a Group

It’s Time to Focus on the CLL ‘Host’

Lies, More Lies, and Statistics

One Man’s Opinion: Dr. Rick Furman on the Diminished Role of FCR in treating CLL

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