In the video: Professor Tamar Tadmor, director of the Hematology Institute and the Blood Bank in Bnei Zion, explains about lymphocytic leukemia/Editor: Gilad Man Mannheim
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is often discovered when there are no symptoms yet and with the help of drug treatment the patients can live for many years alongside the disease. But how do those new treatments help patients, is it possible to treat cancer without the need for chemotherapy and why is it important to choose treatments that are both effective and safe? Professor Tamar Tadmor, director of the hematology institute and the blood bank in Bnei Zion, came to the studio and voila! to explain the subject in detail.
What is lymphocytic leukemia?
"As the name suggests, this is leukemia. Leukemia means that there are cells that are cancerous and they are found in the blood test. This is an incurable disease, which primarily characterizes old age."
Is this a dangerous disease?
"The disease is not dangerous, but a chronic disease. We don't always treat it either. As of today, we don't usually cure it, and in addition, a third of the patients will never need treatment. The disease will not progress, they will live with it in peace and it is a shame to expose them to drugs even though the treatments have greatly advanced. This is leukemia The most common in the Western world. In the State of Israel we diagnose about 550 new patients every year."
What else is important to know about the disease? Watch the full interview in the player above.
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