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Saar I. Gill, MD, PhD, on CLL: Trial Results on Anti-CD19 CAR T Cells

2018 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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Saar I. Gill, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses findings from a prospective clinical trial on the high response rate in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who received a combination therapy of CAR T cells plus ibrutinib (Abstract 298).



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