Study shows combining chemotherapy with targeted drug boosts response in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Among younger patients newly diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), treatment with a combination of chemotherapy and a molecularly targeted drug significantly improves response over what is typically seen with chemotherapy alone, according to an investigator-initiated multi-center phase II clinical trial.
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