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MEETING COVERAGE
A collection of news from recent hematology/oncology meetings

A Look at Patient Outcomes in Overlapping Multiple
Myeloma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Though multiple myeloma (MM) and chronic lymphocytic
leukemia (CLL) have overlapping epidemiologic features
and originate from mature B cells, the simultaneous occurrence of both cancers is rare, and data on clinical outcomes
and the management of these concurrent disease are
limited.

TABLE 1. Clinical Characteristics and Treatments

Age
Follow-up

At the 2016 ASH Meeting on Hematologic M