Re: Labs and consistency with readings

[Guest guest]

Sorry I am weighing in on this late. Yes, it is very important to

have consistency in labs. My local oncologist gave me the same

excuse, too cost prohibitive and too many things to do to insure

the sample is handled right.

However, I have found that it is worth it to have a base line from

the same lab. Each lab is different, protocols are different and

the way the test results vary from lab to lab. It is much better

to have consistency in lab work.

Matt

ville, FL

DX January 2005

Gleevec March 2005

Tasigna November 2008

In a message dated 1/19/2008 8:02:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

agrimm500@... writes:

has anyone else had a rt-pcr from a lab called Genoptix? i had

previously asked for the blood to be sent to seattle but my doctor said

it was too cost prohibitive. i thought that consistency with lab

results would be more important. however, the results came back as " the

ratio of BCR/Abl G6PDH is .006. positive for BCR/ABL at 2.7% of median

level. it was performed in an agreement w/ roche3 molecular systems.

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[Guest guest]

Hi

We send my son's blood to OHSU in Oregon every quarter for pcr

testing there - the BCBS insurance covers all costs. OHSU ships the

kit to us, he goes to the doctors lab where they draw the blood and

its sent back overnight to OHSU - even the shipping is covered.

It is important to have the tests done at the same lab and create a

trend from the same place...

Hope this helps

Annie

's mom

http://livingwithcml.blogspot.com

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> has anyone else had a rt-pcr from a lab called Genoptix? i had

> previously asked for the blood to be sent to seattle but my doctor

said

> it was too cost prohibitive. i thought that consistency with lab

> results would be more important. however, the results came back

as " the

> ratio of BCR/Abl G6PDH is .006. positive for BCR/ABL at 2.7% of

median

> level. it was performed in an agreement w/ roche3 molecular

systems.

>