Question 1

are there any statistics for children with chronic lymphocytic leukemia?  is it only an adult disease?

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Adult disease: No, cll is not a pediatric disease,  it happens only in adult with a median age of 70 y.O, . However it does also happen in younger people -between age 30-40. The incidence is higher in older population.

Question 2

chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a very slow disease?

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Majority, not all: Majority, cll is an indolent, slow-progressing disease. However, not all of them behaving like that.  There are different biology of cll that makes certain cll cases are more agressive than we used to think.  Discuss with your hematologist/oncologist in detail regarding prognostic factors etc.

Question 3

how to determine chronic lymphocytic leukemia stages?

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Your oncologist can: Ask your treating doctor. The stages of cll are based on the extent of disease which requires both blood tests as well as physical exam and ct scans of the chest and abdomen to look for lymph node enlargement and or splenomegaly.

Question 4

what causes people to get chronic lymphocytic leukemia?

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Mostly unknown: Cll affects older white men more that other parts of the population and the cause is unknown in most cases.  Exposure to certain herbicides and insecticides, including agent orange used during the vietnam war, have been linked to an increased risk. For more information
consult:
http://www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia/ds00565/dsection=risk.

Question 5

what does chronic lymphocytic leukemia do to your body?

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Depends on the stage: In early case, patient will be asymptomatic and the only thing abnormal is the blood test.  In later stage- one can have low blood counts (anemia, low platelet), fatigue , tired, lack of energy, bruising easily/bleeding  also, you could feel lymph nodes enlargement on the neck, arm pits, groin etc as cll involves more to the lymph nodes. Increase abdominal girth, fever, chils, weight loss can happen.

Question 6

is likely that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) live?

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A form of cancer: Cll is a form of cancer, albeit a slowly progressing one and there are effective treatments. See this site for more information.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia/ds00565.

Question 7

how long do people live with chronic lymphocytic leukemia?

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Depends: There are a lot of subtypes. One of my best friends has had it for 25 years and is still glowering fine.

Question 8

can you tell me what chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) is?

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CLL: Cll is an indolent (slow-growing) cancer in which too many immature lymphocytes (white blood cells) are found mostly in the blood and bone marrow and lymph glands . Watchful waiting is majority done until any indication present to start treatment. However, there is subtype of cll which behaves more agressively and requires treatment to be started earlier. See more at : www.Lls.Org, www.Cancer.Gov.

Question 9

what sort of disease is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (c.l.l.)?

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CLL: Cll is a clonal disorder (cancer) of the white blood cells (specifically lymphocytes) in the blood (= -emia part). Other leukemias include cml, aml, all, etc. Cll is often diagnosed by flow cytometry on peripheral blood. Additional studies may include ct scans and bone marrow biopsy. One staging system is rai 0 to iv. Treatment ranges from observation (rai 0-1) to various tx individualized to pt.

Question 10

what're the chances of someone inheriting chronic lymphocytic leukemia?

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Rare: There have been familial cases reported and my partner and i had a brother and a sister.  The brother has never required therapy yet but the sister did.  Mayo clinic is doing a study on familial cases.  Mainly taking blood and studying it.  It is an ongoing study so the results are not available yet.  Hope this helps.

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