Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia—What We've Learned and Where We're Headed: Interview With Dr. Kanti Rai
Dr. Kanti Rai: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Headed
Interview by Lauren Scott Zoeller
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2011 Apr 21
OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia—What We've Learned and Where We're Headed: Interview With Dr. Kanti Rai
OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 Apr 21, Interview by Lauren Scott Zoeller
Kanti Rai, MD is Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York and Professor of Medicine at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. OncologySTAT: Is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) a curable disease?Dr. Rai: Well, for the scope of ‘When the Smoke Clears’, the answer is no, not as of now; but, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant is the one area where there is a possible cure, which we will discuss later in the interview. In...