Dr. Yair Levy's Guide to Targeted Therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Dr. Yair Levy, a hematologist with Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, explains what chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients need to know about game-changing targeted treatments

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Patients facing a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) diagnosis often encounter complex choices about their next steps in treatment, but targeted therapy developments have really changed the game.

Here, Dr. Yair Levy, hematologist, medical oncologist, and Director of Hematologic Malignancies Research at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, explains how targeted treatments, BTK inhibitors in particular, have changed how doctors approach treatment for CLL.

Your Digital Guide begins below: 2 Chapters / 4 Video Segments

Treating CLL (3)
1. How Targeted Therapies Have Transformed CLL Treatment

Dr. Yair Levy
Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

Dallas patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are benefiting from major advances in treatment. Targeted therapies have dramatically improved survival and quality of life.

2. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL): How Can Pirtobrutinib Fit Into My Treatment Plan?

Dr. Yair Levy
Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) is expanding treatment options for people with CLL whose disease has stopped responding to earlier BTK inhibitors.

3. Why Chemotherapy Is No Longer the Standard for Most CLL Patients

Dr. Yair Levy
Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

Learn why chemotherapy is no longer the standard treatment for most chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients and how targeted therapies like BTK inhibitors are improving outcomes.

Helping CLL Patients Manage Quality of Life (1)
4. The CLL Treatment Revolution: Why Patients Are Living Longer Than Ever

Dr. Yair Levy
Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

Experts say emerging treatments, including CAR T-cell therapy, BTK degraders, and bispecific antibodies, could further improve outcomes for patients in the coming years.

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