Re: Number of FCR treatments

[Guest guest]

Vicki,

5 or 6? It's the depth of the remission that matters

not the numbers. Are you in CR? Do you have MRD?

Terry Hamblin MD

[Guest guest]

Having had two emergency hospitalizations in the middle of

treatment, round the clock benadryl and tylenol both before

and after treatment, in addition to IV steroids prevented

the reaction from getting worse.

In a message dated 6/23/2011 Vicki writes:

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[Guest guest]

Dr. Hamblin,

I feel that I am in remission and my Onc is very pleased

with my response but has never said the words " complete

remission " . She is no longer able to manually feel any

swollen lymph nodes and my blood test numbers rebound nicely

toward the end of the 28 day chemo cycle. Is there a list

of criteria to be met that indicates complete remission?

Also from your response, am I to understand that if you are

in remission after four treatments, having six treatments

does not mean a longer time of remission? Thanks for your

quick response and sorry if I am asking dumb questions.

Vicki

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Terry Hamblin MD wrote:

> Vicki,

> 5 or 6? It's the depth of the remission that matters

> not the numbers. Are you in CR? Do you have MRD?

[Guest guest]

Vicki,

Complete remission means fewer than 30% lymphocytes in a BMB.

MRD negativity can be done on a blood test at special labs.

In a message dated 23/06/2011 Vicky writes:

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[Guest guest]

Vicki:

Genzyme does MRD (Minimum Residual Disease) testing using

blood sample or bone marrow aspirate and four color flow

cytometry. Here is the link to their website, your doctor

can get the test codes etc from here.

http://www.genzymegenetics.com/Our-Services/Oncology-Testing/cll-mrd-testing.asp\

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or http://tinyurl.com/688x7zz

Larry

> Complete remission means fewer than 30% lymphocytes in a BMB.

> MRD negativity can be done on a blood test at special labs.

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> In a message dated 23/06/2011 Vicky writes:

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