title: Spontaneous clinical regression in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
abstract: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a B-cell disorder, which has a median survival of over 10 years from diagnosis for stage A disease. The natural history of stage A disease is generally indolent or only slowly progressive. It is less well known that CLL may undergo spontaneous regression. We report a series of 10 such cases (eight stage A and two stage B) followed at our institutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Ranjit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakhani
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaczmarski
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carrington
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Catovsky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014314:Trisomy