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Bilal Abid

Bilal Abid

Hematologist-oncologist and Medical Director of Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Sep 29, 2026

9:06
Vin, can you tell us how do you treat blood cancers and how long does treatment usually last? What happens if it's left untreated?
9:16
Sure.
9:17
So I'll answer the second part of your question first.
9:21
What happens if we leave a blood cancer untreated depends entirely upon the type of the underlying blood cancer.
9:30
If it's ALL or AML or acute leukemia, that can't be left untreated beyond a certain number of days because the rate of growth of leukemia cells is fast and it kills individuals at a rapid pace.
9:47
So there's an urgency to treat.
9:50
Unlike that, There's a good proportion of patients with CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
13:05
What are the chances? I know you mentioned that some are just like chronic illnesses now, but what are the chances of it recurring in adults or in children after treatment?

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