Resources Archives

February 1, 2024

Palliative Care Use Among Hospitalized Lymphoma Patients

Palliative care can be an important part of the treatment approach for leukemia and lymphoma patients, but there are disparities in which patients receive it.

January 26, 2024

Global Disparities in Phase 3 Leukemia Trials

Improving global representation in clinical trials is important for addressing enduring health disparities in underrepresented regions.

January 19, 2024

Racial Disparities in Blood Cancer Survival Outcomes

Access to healthcare contributes to racial and ethnic disparities in survival outcomes for patients with blood cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

January 15, 2024

Outcomes for Patients with CLL Vary by Race and Income Level

There continue to be disparities in survival based on race and income level among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) / small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

October 3, 2023

Caring for LGBTQIA Patients in Oncology

Navigating the health care system as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) person can be challenging and uncomfortable.

June 14, 2023

Resources for Patients

Our goal is to help empower patients, through information, to help them navigate a cancer diagnosis. From initial diagnosis, throughout treatment, and into all phases of survivorship, Bag It guides patients on how to talk to their healthcare providers, ask questions, and serve as the most important advocate on

May 31, 2023

ASH 2022: African Americans with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Have Shorter Telomere Lengths

Shorter telomere lengths was found in Americans of African ancestry with CLL compared to those with European ancestry

May 31, 2023

ASH 2022: Persistent Racial/Ethnic, Sex, and Income Disparities in Overall Survival in CLL Patients

Non-Hispanic-Blacks, males, and those with lower incomes with CLL had higher death rates than Non-Hispanic-Whites, Hispanics, females.

February 15, 2023

Disparities According to Genetic Ancestry in the Use of Precision Oncology Assays

While not specifically about chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL / SLL), these results offer some encouraging news regarding cancer care for adults with predominantly African ancestry in terms of their use of genomic testing to help inform their cancer treatments.

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Resources

Palliative Care Use Among Hospitalized Lymphoma Patients

Global Disparities in Phase 3 Leukemia Trials

Racial Disparities in Blood Cancer Survival Outcomes

Outcomes for Patients with CLL Vary by Race and Income Level

Caring for LGBTQIA Patients in Oncology

Resources for Patients

ASH 2022: African Americans with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Have Shorter Telomere Lengths

ASH 2022: Persistent Racial/Ethnic, Sex, and Income Disparities in Overall Survival in CLL Patients

Disparities According to Genetic Ancestry in the Use of Precision Oncology Assays

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