Thanks Cheryl Anne, This helps me understand why my onc was only semi happy about my results, though I was 0 PH+ and PCR at .4%, my myloid blasts had only dropped from 3% to 2% after 6 mths. That's what he wanted to see at 0%, he had said that once blasts are at zero there is longer remission hold AND less chance of mutation. Brenda
--- In [email protected], "Cheryl-Anne Simoneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blast count and cytogenetics correlate and are useful parameters for the > evaluation of different phases in chronic myeloid leukemia. > > Bacher U, Kern W, Schnittger S, Hiddemann W, Schoch C, Haferlach T. > > Staging of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) phases is based on > cytomorphological criteria that vary considerably between different staging > systems. Thus, staging of CML is heterogeneous and causes problems with > respect to the comparison of therapeutical strategies and clinical outcome. > We evaluated 59 patients with CML in different stages of the disease. In > order to define which cytomorphological parameters correlate with > cytogenetics we investigated cytomorphology and cytogenetics in parallel in > all cases. As a result, bone marrow blast count demonstrated a highly > significant correlation with the respective cytogenetic results of the > patients and was clearly linked to the frequency and complexity of clonal > evolution. We therefore propose to focus staging systems of CML on the > correlation of the percentage of bone marrow blasts and the cytogenetic > results. New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
