Question to Tracey and Zavie

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Hi,

I didn't post for a little while. I finally changed my doctor and had

an appointment with the new one on December 30th. I was on 200mlg of

Gleevec at that moment. She took CBC and PCR tests the same day. CBC

was great with all counts in the middle on the normal range. New doctor

immediately changed my prescription to 300mlg with goal to go on 400mlg

in one month. Today I had a second appointment with her after being on

300mlg for one week. CBC was as good as week ago. The result of BCR/ABL

Quantitative shows G6PDH RNA Ratio as 3.63. My last PCR on September

22nd showed that I had BCR/ABL as 8%. Is this last ratio given in

percents? Can I compare these two numbers? I understand that in ideal

situation this ratio suppose to be zero or close to zero. Is this

correct? I was diagnosed four months ago. Is 3.63 good result for this

period of time?

Thank you in advance for your response,

Lilia.