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William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, on Immunotherapy for Relapsed/Refractory CLL/SLL: Results From TRANSCEND CLL 004

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial, which studied the use of an experimental CD19-directed CAR T-cell product in heavily pretreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (Abstract 7501).



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