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Blood, 15 June 2008, Vol. 111, No. 12, pp. 5446-5456. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on January 23, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-06-093906.
REVIEW ARTICLE 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 guidelines1 Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany; 2 Georgetown University Hospital, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC; 3 Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; 4 Universita Vita-Salute Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCSS) San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; 5 Institute Pasteur, Montevideo, Uruguay; 6 University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; 7 Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, United Kingdom; 8 Department of Leukemia, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; 9 Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; 10 Division of Hematology/Oncology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY; and 11 Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla 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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