Guest guest Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Congrat! me so far I haven't had bumps in d road, I been a patient with CmL for more then 15yrs. d only problem I keep getting is gout. last week they did a bone marrow biophosy and wil knw this Friday. hopefully wil be good news. anyways good luck to u All! TC! Sent From My Iphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi Dante, A PCR test is a specialized test that looks for the gene that causes the Philadelphia Chromosome. It's called BCR/ABL. If no Philadelphia chromosomes are detected in your bone marrow anymore, then they need to do a PCR test to look deeper. Bone marrow tests only look at 20 cells but PCR tests can look at thousands and even up to a million cells, depending on the lab doing the test. A PCR test will tell you what kind of molecular response you've had. If the result shows more than a 3 log reduction, then you've had a major molecular response which is a very good result to have. You should be having PCR tests every three months and follow the trend of the results.....hopefully the numbers will either continue to go down or stay stable. Stable results are good results. Hope that helps, Tracey > > > I have a question? my name is dante! im a cml paturnt.. can you guys > tell me wat is PCR? they will do pcr on me. on April 2009 > today I had a check up? my blood count is good & also my doc said the > chromo is not detected anymore? that why they will do pcr? thanks! > Sent From My Iphone > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 O!!! YIPPEEE!!! Number 1244 in the Zero Club Zavie Hi Dante, Once you achieve CCR (0/20) you need to go to a much more sensitive test that looks at 100,000 cells or more in order to follow your progress. PCR is the name of the test. Zavie Zavie (age 70) 67 Shoreham Avenue Ottawa, Canada, K2G 3X3 dxd AUG/99 INF OCT/99 to FEB/00, CHF No meds FEB/00 to JAN/01 Gleevec since MAR/27/01 (400 mg) CCR SEP/01. #102 in Zero Club 2.8 log reduction Sep/05 3.0 log reduction Jan/06 2.9 log reduction Feb/07 3.6 log reduction Apr/08 3.6 log reduction Sep/08 e-mail: zmiller@... Tel: 613-726-1117 Tel: 561-429-3309 in Florida Fax: 309-296-0807 Cell: 613-282-0204 ID: zaviem YM: zaviemiller Skype: Zavie _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Dante Bacani Jr Sent: February-13-09 8:53 PM Subject: [ ] hi everyone! I have a question? my name is dante! im a cml paturnt.. can you guys tell me wat is PCR? they will do pcr on me. on April 2009 today I had a check up? my blood count is good & also my doc said the chromo is not detected anymore? that why they will do pcr? thanks! Sent From My Iphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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