Do you recommend treatment for CLL patients with biopsy proven infiltrative lesions in the liver without hepatic dysfunction or hepatomegaly?
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Would you initiate treatment in a patient with biopsy proven infiltrative CLL liver lesions, with no hepatic dysfunction or hepatomegaly?
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Medical Oncology · UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
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This is a very difficult question without context of why the biopsy of the liver was done. In general, for virtually all body sites, when CLL is found as an asymptomatic surprise finding, I continue observation. This is particularly true when it is an area of high disease presence at the time of aut...
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