Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Treatment of stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia is usually watchful waiting.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Treatment of stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia may include the following:

• Watchful waiting when there are few or no symptoms.
• Monoclonal antibody therapy.
• Chemotherapy with 1 or more drugs, with or without steroids or monoclonal antibody therapy.
• Low- dose external radiation therapy to areas of the body where cancer is found, such as the spleen or lymph nodes.
• A clinical trial of monoclonal antibodies with or without chemotherapy.
• A clinical trial of chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy with stem cell transplant.

This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia and stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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