Sustained Molecular Remission

[Guest guest]

Zavie (or anyone for that matter):

My wife ran across this journal in a blood cancer

discussion board, but I could not find any other

reference to it:

In Blood Sep 2006, the French CML Working Group report a study

showing that 50% of 12 CML patients (who achieved sustained PCRU of

at least 2 years on imatinib) have sustained their molecular

remission at median 18 months of follow-up after discontinuing the

drug.

All the experts I have spoken with say that CML comes back,

even if you do reach PCRU once you get off medication.

Anybody heard of this test or these results?

With the warmest regards,

Matt

CML of Florida

Dx January of 2005

Gleevec March of 2005

Tasigna November of 2007

Number 1078 in the Esteemed Zavie Zero Club

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