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Scientists map genetic evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter’s syndrome
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Scientists map genetic evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter’s syndrome

by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every year, up to 1% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow-growing blood cancer, have their disease transform into a far more aggressive cancer, a form of lymphoma known as Richter’s syndrome. For the most part, the genomic changes that underlie this metamorphosis and push...