Treatment Option Overview for CNL

In the past, the treatment of CNL focused on disease control rather than cure. Once the disease progressed to a more aggressive leukemia, there was typically little chance of obtaining a long-lasting remission because of the older age of most patients, as well as the acquisition of multiple poor prognostic cytogenetic abnormalities. Allogeneic bone marrow transplant represents a potentially curative treatment modality for CNL.[6-8] Results vary with the use of traditional chemotherapies including hydroxyurea and interferon.[9]