Daily Debriefing

The presence of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase and certain genetic markers indicate a decreased chance of survival for patients afflicted by chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Nancy Kuemmerle, a resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, said in her Thursday lecture, "Fat and Cancer." LPL and these genetic markers correlate with two different subsets of the disease, one with a high survival rate and the other with a low survival rate, Kuemmerle said.