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Hi, Robert, SLL and CLL are the same condition. How it's labeled depends on where the bad cells are located.
As Copilot put it: "Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) are essentially the same disease, but they are classified differently based on where the cancer cells are found.
CLL: Diagnosed when most cancer cells are in the blood and bone marrow.
SLL: Diagnosed when most cancer cells are in the lymph nodes.
Both conditions involve abnormal B lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, and are treated similarly. They are slow-growing cancers and are often considered different stages or manifestations of the same underlying disease."
My doctor first told me I had SLL or CLL. Then months later he changed to CLL? So I would say time will determine what the verdict will be in the future. I think we all have lots of time since this illness is not a fast acting bad agent inside the body most of the time.
CLL and SLL are actually the same condition, just found in different places in your body. When the cancer cells are mainly in your blood and bone marrow, doctors call it CLL. When the cancer cells are mostly in your lymph nodes, they call it SLL.
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