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Comment by pc86

3 years ago

Probably a decade ago a friend of mine passed from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in his 20s. I'm not sure what the differences are between ALL and CLL (other than knowing the differences between acute and chronic in a more general sense of course) but glad to see they are making at least some progress.

the chronic form is often written off when first diagnosed as "it will never affect you" - it can take decades to cause bigger problems. Dad's 80 and it's been causing bigger problems for some years. It would be surprising if there aren't new treatments for the acute form you mention as well.