how long before its too long out of remision?

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Hi

I dont post on here much but read the emails that come though. My husband was dx

with CML 15 months ago and is on Glivec 400 a day. His doing well but this weeks

appointment had no remission yet, so discussion about BMT started. His last load

of tests in Feb showed reduction in BCR ABL results but his due another BMB

soon.

Is there a time limit that you have to reach remission by if on glivec? His

specialist seemed to think it may be a option later as my husband is only 33 and

we have 2 small children.

We would rather try other options before consdiering BMT but im not sure.

Any help would be great.