Guest guest Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Hi all, I just got my latest PCR results. Undetectable in one million! I feel much better as they said that I was slightly detectable last time. I see everyone's notes, but sometimes find it hard to reply as I am quite busy. I do keep up with all the news. My mom is having an angiogram on Thurdsday. If all goes well I will be leaving for Kansas City, KS on Tuesday. Anyone in that area, please e mail me at: ornurse954@.... Maybe we cna get together while I am there. I will be in Portland, Or. from August 20 thru the 26. Will anyone be there? If so, let me know. --------------------------------- Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 What is important is that the 121,000 is down from 210,000. The .35 log reduction, equal to a ratio of .44, which means your have a little less than the average patient at dx. You dr didn't perform cytogenetics and FISH from the bone marrow ? Marcos. On 7/3/07, rmtkaholyfield <no_reply > wrote: > > I received the results from my test and I need some help understanding > what they say. > The test is a BCR/abl, mRNA. From my peripheral blood. > My normalized ratio was 121,000 > It represents a .35 log reduction from the average patient's level at > diagnosis. > Previous specimen Date 4/17/07 (Peripheral Blood) > Previous Result: 210,000 > Test was performed at Mayo Medical Laboratories. > > I was dx 3-15-07 and have been on Gleevec 400mg. since 4-12-07. > > My Doctor now wants to do another test in a month on both the blood > and bone marrow aspiration. He didn't do a very good job explaining > why it's need, what was wrong with the latest results, and what it all > means. Can anyone give me some opinions? > Thanks > > > -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 329 9920 x 305 650 630 5015 (cell) marcospg@... montereyunderwater@... www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Hi, Since you were just diagnosed in April, this PCR test represents roughly only 3 months of treatment which is much too early to really get an idea of what's going on. At this early stage, a cytogenetics test and/or FISH would probably give you a better picture of what's going on. You said that your doctor will be doing a bone marrow aspiration in a month. I assume that he'll be doing a cytogenetics test on the sample as well as a PCR but it's the cytogenetics test that you really want to pay attention to as that will give a much clearer picture of how your treatment is progressing. Take care, Tracey > > I received the results from my test and I need some help understanding > what they say. > The test is a BCR/abl, mRNA. From my peripheral blood. > My normalized ratio was 121,000 > It represents a .35 log reduction from the average patient's level at > diagnosis. > Previous specimen Date 4/17/07 (Peripheral Blood) > Previous Result: 210,000 > Test was performed at Mayo Medical Laboratories. > > I was dx 3-15-07 and have been on Gleevec 400mg. since 4-12-07. > > My Doctor now wants to do another test in a month on both the blood > and bone marrow aspiration. He didn't do a very good job explaining > why it's need, what was wrong with the latest results, and what it all > means. Can anyone give me some opinions? > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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