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This research was supported and funded by the Intramural Research Program of the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. This work was supported in part by the University of Rochester SPORE in lymphoma P50 CA13080503 and the James P Wilmot Foundation. PMB is a Lymphoma Research Foundation Clinical Investigator.
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SEMH planned the research, performed experiments and analyzed data. PMB analyzed patient data. EMM was involved in planning components of the research and supported experiments. DL performed statistical analysis. AW and JWF planned and supervised the research and analyzed data. All authors assisted in the writing of this paper and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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JWF is a scholar in Clinical Research of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. JWF received research support from Rigel for the clinical trial and subsequent analysis. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Herman, S., Barr, P., McAuley, E. et al. Fostamatinib inhibits B-cell receptor signaling, cellular activation and tumor proliferation in patients with relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia 27, 1769–1773 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2013.37
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