I believe you were diagnosed in early 2004. FISH tests are often used in combination with a BMB at diagnosis. After that, FISH can be used until it no longer registers positive. Then the PCR is used for monitoring since it is far more sensitive. Some Oncs have stopped using FISH at all and just use PCRs from the beginning, since the price has dropped for the PCR and it is a better indicator overall than FISH. If you are having a PCR done every 3 months, you can forget the FISH.
The link you used for FISH in your posting was from 1999. That is ancient history in CML terms. I generally do not use any reference earlier than 2003, since so much has changed so quickly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
