Hairy cell leukaemia treatment and side effects
If you are diagnosed with hairy cell leukaemia, your hospital team will use your test results to decide the best treatment plan for you.
Treatment options
Most people go into a long period of remission after treatment with chemotherapy, sometimes combined with immunotherapy.
Treatment side effects
Treatment can cause side effects which vary from person to person and drug to drug. There are things you can do to help.
How to support a loved one
Read advice and stories from people who have helped a family member of friends get through blood cancer treatment.
Researching new treatments
Find out about our research into leukaemia and other blood cancers, and why we think beating blood cancer is in sight.
Thank you to Consultant Haematologist Sunil Iyengar for checking the clinical accuracy of this hairy cell leukaemia information.