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Should FISH studies be repeated when CLL patients under active surveillance have progressive disease warranting treatment?

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Medical Oncology · Columbia University Medical Center

FISH studies should be performed on a newly diagnosed patient with CLL as well as those who have progressive disease and now warrant additional therapy. It is important to identify those patients who may have acquired additional cytogenetic abnormalities due to clonal evolution/resistance/etc as thi...

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