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To continue or stop Venclexta treatment for CLL?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Dec 16 2:22pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@sveta25 Welcome to Mayo Connect! CLL is a form of leukemia that tends to develop slowly. It’s pretty common for patients to be in active surveillance or ‘watch and wait’ approach. Often doctors defer treatment until absolutely necessary. There is evidence that starting treatment earlier doesn’t benefit the patient.
I found a little information for you from the CLL Society website that discussion when it’s time to treat…
CLL Society CLL: Recognizing when it’s time to treat:
https://cllsociety.org/cll-sll-patient-education-toolkit/recognizing-when-it-is-time-to-treat/
There are also quite a few discussions in the forum with other members who have CLL. Here is one link for you:
Anyone have chronic lymphocytic leukemia? CLL?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-have-cll/
You can find more discussions by typing in CLL or Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia in the top search bar.
Is your husband experiencing symptoms besides the weight loss?
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@loribmt
He lost 26 lb since January , he is sleeping more than usually. I am worried that by the time doctor will decide on treatment he will be too weak, he is 80 years old. He had lung cancer stage one, had surgery for that. Has really bad headaches.
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Thank you very much, will look at the info you’ve sent.