Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 At 07:21 PM 10/25/05 +0000, you wrote: >Hi (and everyone else), > >I think it was you who mentioned that Dr. Druker is doing periodic >urinalysis now due to the increased risk of bladder cancer for us long >term Gleevec patients. Do you know if he's just doing the regular >urinalysis or if he does a urine cytology examine, or both? Also, how >often is he checking? >Thanks, >Tracey Hi Tracey, Dr. Druker added the standard urinalysis just once a year to monitor.....I asked RN Carolyn what they would be looking for and she said just blood cells in the urine. I have a funny little 'urine' story.........after I first started Gleevec and had an episode of pericardytis and/or pleural effusion, I was hospitalized and my local oncologist was very thorough with testing everything..........he was not finding much and said: " you even have pristine urine! " .....never had it described that way before! Actually they only saw the bladder problems (?tumors) in mice....have not seen any problems to date in people as far as I know. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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