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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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Practice Editing Here (Nov 15th in-class Wiki session work)
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 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).

Task:


 * 1) Find a peer-reviewed journal article on PubMed. Practice inserting your citation in the above space using the "cite" tool
 * 2) Choose one "B-level" medical article on Wikipedia from the following list: https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Medicine/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=High-Class
 * 3) Practice editing live on Wikipedia by finding a typo in the text or improving the clarity/readability of a sentence by adjusting a few words in a sentence.

Assignment # 3- please post an anonymous copy here!
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Because of it's slow onset, "asymptomatic" early-stage CLL "(Rai 0, Binet A)" is, in general, not treated since it is believed that "early-stage" CLL intervention does not improve survival time or quality of life. Instead, the condition is monitored over time to detect a change in the disease pattern.

The decision to start CLL treatment is taken when "there is evidence for progressive symptomatic disease (summarized as "active disease")."

Determining when to start treatment and by what means is often difficult; no survival advantage is seen in treating "people with asymptomatic early-stage CLL." The "National Working Group on CLL" has issued guidelines with specific markers that should be met "to initiate treatment."

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page (part of assignment 3)

 * This will also be covered on Nov 15th in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2021/Talk Page Template