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Optimizing Overall Health During CLL Management

Author(s):

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

Yuliya Linhares, MD, discusses how healthy lifestyle choices, such as diet and exercise, can play a valuable role in optimizing CLL treatment outcomes.

Video content above is prompted by the following question(s):

  • What questions or concerns do patients have when starting treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)? How might treatment affect their daily activities?
  • When and how are patients with CLL monitored?
  • How do you counsel patients about living with a chronic cancer like CLL and the potential need to remain on treatment?
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