Prevention & Treatment Archives

August 25, 2023

New COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Specifically for Those with CLL and Other Blood Cancers

Now there is a new trial (SUPERNOVA) of an updated mix of monoclonal antibodies that hopes to provide durable protection against present and future variants of concerns.

July 3, 2023

Study Understanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of Novel Antibodies (SUPERNOVA)

Now there is a new trial (SUPERNOVA) of an updated mix of monoclonal antibodies that hopes to provide durable protection against present and future variants of concerns.

May 2, 2023

CLL Society’s Official Statement on Mask Wearing and Other Protective Measures for Those Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL / SLL) in Healthcare Settings

We encourage all those with CLL / SLL to print and politely share CLL Society’s Official Statement with your healthcare team

February 6, 2023

CLL Society’s Official Statement Regarding Workplace Accommodations for People with CLL / SLL While There is Risk of COVID-19 Exposure (Update 2/6/2023)

As the risk of COVID-19 exposure stretches on, we have updated our official statement concerning working conditions for people with CLL / SLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma) that you can download for your own reference and to share with the appropriate people in your life including HR and co-workers.

September 13, 2022

Dr. Shmuel Shoham on Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Patients

In this interview, Dr. Brian Koffman spoke with Dr. Shmuel Shoham, a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Shoham specializes in the infectious disease care of immunocompromised patients, including those with leukemias and lymphomas. They discussed the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19.

August 22, 2022

What Those with CLL / SLL Need to Know About the Latest CDC Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19

In the new COVID-19 guidelines released on August 11th, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a change in their recommended infection control measures that are geared more towards increasing the focus on individuals understanding their own risk level for developing severe COVID-19 disease, making a personal decision

June 20, 2022

Dr. Diamond on Building a Better COVID-19 Vaccine for the Immunocompromised

Don Diamond. Ph.D., has been working for decades at City of Hope, Duarte, CA, constructing a new vaccine platform that will benefit the immunocompromised. It’s already been successfully used in post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (bone marrow) transplants to prevent a different viral infection, CMV.

February 16, 2022

Dr. Leyfman Discusses the Increased risk of COVID-19 and Cancer Patients

Dr. Leyfman discusses three medications that he hopes will prove to help with COVID-19

February 16, 2022

Cancer and COVID-19: A Proposed Mechanism with Therapeutic Interventions

In our second interview, Dr. Leyfman shared his research on COVID-19 and cancer patients presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting or ASCO 2021. He discussed a radically different approach with an experimental cellular therapy, mesenchymal stem cells, which demonstrated a 91% overall survival and 100%

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Prevention & Treatment

New COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Specifically for Those with CLL and Other Blood Cancers

Study Understanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of Novel Antibodies (SUPERNOVA)

CLL Society’s Official Statement on Mask Wearing and Other Protective Measures for Those Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL / SLL) in Healthcare Settings

CLL Society’s Official Statement Regarding Workplace Accommodations for People with CLL / SLL While There is Risk of COVID-19 Exposure (Update 2/6/2023)

Dr. Shmuel Shoham on Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Patients

What Those with CLL / SLL Need to Know About the Latest CDC Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19

Dr. Diamond on Building a Better COVID-19 Vaccine for the Immunocompromised

Dr. Leyfman Discusses the Increased risk of COVID-19 and Cancer Patients

Cancer and COVID-19: A Proposed Mechanism with Therapeutic Interventions

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