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Newer Combinations for the Treatment of CLL

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Yuliya P.L Linhares, MD,Josie Montegaard, MSN, AGPCNP-BC

Dr Linhares discusses newer combination therapies for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, highlighting ibrutinib and venetoclax, which is being studied in the CAPTIVATE trial.

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