CLL Webinar Thursday 22nd April: How genetics may have influenced your CLL/SLL

Hi, here is the next webinar from the CLL Support Association:-
You are invited to our next webinar

Thursday 22 April 1.00 pm London (9.00 am EST)

"How genetics may have influenced your CLL/SLL"

This webinar will focus on an important paper for CLL patients recently published by our two distinguished guest speakers
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By examining blood samples of patients with CLL, Dr Allsup and Professor Allan discovered there was a genetic tendency to develop progressive forms of the illness in some patients.

The study presents the opportunity in future to warn prospective patients that they also possess the genetic make-up that could lead to developing progressive CLL, and to design a personalised treatment process for them long before the illness takes effect.

We will hear about this vital research and the panelists’ thoughts on how it could impact CLL patients.

James Allan is a Professor of Cancer Genetics at the Newcastle Centre for Cancer. He has Specialist Programme funding from Blood Cancer UK which funds his work to develop novel treatments for leukaemia and to identify the underlying genetic causes of leukaemia, including CLL.

David Allsup is a senior lecturer in haematology in the Hull York Medical School and honorary NHS consultant in haematology at the Hull University Teaching Hospital Trust. He has a longstanding interest in CLL and has published numerous papers on the subject. He is a member of the CLL trials subgroup, a co- investigator on the FLAIR clinical trial and is developing a phase III clinical trial for relapsed CLL.

We will start promptly at 1:00 pm, and you can join from 12:50. The Webinar will close by 2:00, allowing time for questions

Please register by emailing : webinar@cllsupport.org.uk
You will be able to ask questions when you register, or live on the day.

The access code and password will be emailed to you after you register, usually within 24-48 hours. If you do not see the link please check your junk/spam mail box, if the link is not there please email: coordinator@cllsupport.org.uk

This will be a full and interesting programme, and demand for places for previous webinars has been very high, so to help us to plan, please register your interest as soon as possible .

We will also be streaming the webinar live on Facebook

We look forward to welcoming you!

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Thanks for letting us know about this webinar a great one for us CLL and SLL patients @DavidAmbassador