[Management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia]

Lymphoide chronic leukemia [LLC] is characterized by a heterogeneous evolution introduced classficiations around thirty years ago by RAI and Binet, having based on clinical signs and biological parameters allowed of license to differentiate three groups of patients having distinct forecasts. These classifications allowed guiding therapeutic strategy. However, they do not allow predicting the evolution of illness precisely, particularly at the patients having a weak risk. Since a dozen years, the taking care of lymphoide chronic leukemia was transformed by progress accomplished in the understanding of the physiopathology of illness, the identification of new markers with value prognosticates and the advent of new therapeutic tools. The aim of this review is to report, the actualities in the management of lymphoid chronic leukemia