Author:
Isabelle Evans, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Medical Technologist
UF Health Shands
Blood Bank
Gainesville, Florida
Primary Audience:
Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience:
Author:
Isabelle Evans, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Medical Technologist
UF Health Shands
Blood Bank
Gainesville, Florida
Primary Audience:
Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience:
Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· discuss the epidemiology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL);
· describe various treatment options for CLL and how they are selected;
· explain the theory of how CLL progresses to prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL);
· compare and contrast CLL and PLL; and
· discuss the epidemiology of PLL.