Personalized Medicine: Optimizing Outcomes for Patients with CLL

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Nitin Jain, MD, presents data on the efficacy of various chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatments, reviews current guidelines, discusses the increasing use of Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the decreasing role of chemotherapy in his practice. He emphasizes the importance of considering patient factors and preferences in treatment decision-making.

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