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http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/CLL/patient
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/cri_2_3x.asp?dt=62
Stage III Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Standard treatment options:
1)Observation in asymptomatic or minimally affected patients.
2)Oral alkylating agents with or without corticosteroids.
3)Fludarabine, 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, or pentostatin.
4)Combination chemotherapy.
CVP: cyclophosphamide + vincristine + prednisone.
CHOP: cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristine + prednisone.
Fludarabine + cyclophosphamide.
Fludarabine + chlorambucil.
Fludarabine + rituximab.
5)Splenectomy or splenic irradiation may be helpful in patients with hypersplenism or for patients with the complications of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia or hemolytic anemia who fail to respond to alkylating agents and prednisone.
6)Alemtuzumab (campath-1H) and rituximab (monoclonal antibodies) are under clinical evaluation. Higher doses of rituximab than those used for other non-Hodgkin lymphomas are required.
7)Bone marrow and peripheral stem transplantations are under clinical evaluation.
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/CLL/HealthProfessional/page7