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Getting a diagnosis can sometimes take a while. It is important for your doctors to have as much information well-nigh your cancer as possible. This helps them to work out the stage of your cancer. The stage of the cancer will help your doctor decide which treatment is best for you. At times, just well-nigh everyone will have to wait to have tests or to get the results. Many people uncork to worry that the CLL & SLL will get worse during this time. CLL & SLL usually grows very slowly and this is not likely to happen. It unchangingly helps to ask your doctor or nurse how long your test results will take. If you have not heard anything a couple of weeks without your test, call your doctor's office or clinic to trammels if your results are back. A CLL diagnosis is usually made from thoroughbred lamina counts and a blood smear examination. Usually thoroughbred is taken from the arm with a needle. The thoroughbred is placid in tubes and sent to a lab. Other tests you may have at diagnosis or surpassing starting treatment to help you and your medical team determine the weightier treatment option for you.  Some  prognostic testing may be misogynist only in specialized labs or may be performed only for research purposes.         Lymphoma Patient Experience Overview CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLL DiagnosisLab Tests Staging Watch & Wait Treatment CLL Resources Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Are you a patient? Get Informed Are you a healthcare professional? See Resources News & Events October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... Read increasingly well-nigh 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... Read increasingly well-nigh 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! 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