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Practice Guideline
. 2008 Jun 15;111(12):5446-56.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-06-093906. Epub 2008 Jan 23.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a report from the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia updating the National Cancer Institute-Working Group 1996 guidelines

Michael Hallek  1 , Bruce D Cheson, Daniel Catovsky, Federico Caligaris-Cappio, Guillaume Dighiero, Hartmut Döhner, Peter Hillmen, Michael J Keating, Emili Montserrat, Kanti R Rai, Thomas J Kipps; International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a report from the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia updating the National Cancer Institute-Working Group 1996 guidelines

Michael Hallek et al. Blood. .

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  • Blood. 2008 Dec 15;112(13):5259

Abstract

Standardized criteria for diagnosis and response assessment are needed to interpret and compare clinical trials and for approval of new therapeutic agents by regulatory agencies. Therefore, a National Cancer Institute-sponsored Working Group (NCI-WG) on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) published guidelines for the design and conduct of clinical trials for patients with CLL in 1988, which were updated in 1996. During the past decade, considerable progress has been achieved in defining new prognostic markers, diagnostic parameters, and treatment options. This prompted the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL) to provide updated recommendations for the management of CLL in clinical trials and general practice.

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