Hi Amit, You can see from the bone marrow report that the blasts are not increased so he is not in blast crisis. Do they ever do a cytogenetics test like taking 20 marrow cells and testing for the CML cancer marker, the Ph chromosome? You need to know what is the percentage of this cancer marker and whether it has decreased with Gleevec therapy. Then you will know whether Gleevec is working for your Dad. They may also do a FISH test which will report the percent of cancer marker. Ask your doctor whether the CML cancer marker is decreasing in the marrow with Gleevec therapy.
P may be polymorphs which is another name for neutrophils, L may be lymphocytes. It seems that your Dad only has problem with low Hemoglobin, all other counts seem okay. Ask the doctor in the next consult why he thinks the Hemoglobin is going so low. Best Wishes, Anjana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
