What makes CLL patients so prone to infections?
Do the drugs used to treat CLL make us more prone to infections? What are some of the major infections? Is there anything we can do protect against them? Funny you should ask. Yes, there are things we can do to protect ourselves. There is an absolutely hot-off-the presses review article that spells out “Best Practices” in our understanding of this important issue. The abstract of this important paper and our “cheat-sheet” summary of the highlights are given below for your reading pleasure. The link provided gives you access to the full-text article in PDF form. If the link does not work for you, please do write to us to help you locate the document. We hope lots of you print it out and take it with you to your next appointment with your local oncologist and make him a present of it. This is “Continuing Medical Education” with a modern twist appropriate for this internet era. Expert “Best Practices” that do not get sufficient publicity at the local healthcare level can be given a boost
