Speakers

Dr. Nicole Lamanna

Associate Professor, Leukemia Service

Director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program

Hematologic Malignancies Section

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Frances Ford, LMSW

Licensed Clinical Social Wroker

New York Oncology Hematology

Program

This program is designed to provide attendees with essential information that will help you participate more actively and confidently in decisions about your CLL treatment and survivorship.

CLL patients, caregivers, family and friends will gain a better understanding of:

• CLL treatment, including standard care and clinical trials
• Strategies to make informed decisions about treatment
• Tips for communicating with your health care team
• Strategies to manage disease and treatment side effects
• Strategies for managing ongoing cancer survivorship issues, including financial and employment challenges, as well as psychosocial issues
• Resources available in your local community, at cancer centers, and those provided by LLS