Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Treatment

Karl J. D'Silva, MD

June 23, 2020

Fludarabine is the most commonly used first-line therapy in CLL. Fludarabine is a nucleoside analogue, a type of drug that has demonstrated major activity against indolent lymphoid cancers, such as CLL. Cladribine and pentostatin are also nucleoside analogues.

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