Livia, You said that your current PCR is 0.4/1000 and was previously 0.1/1000 Your Nov 26th posting said "My result from May said 0.1 copies per 1,000 copies ABL. The PCR from August that I received today said 0.4 copies per 1,000 copies ABL." Lab results are not normally displayed in these ways because it is very confusing. You need to divide the numbers, and then they will be shown as .0004 and .0001 If these are already percentages, then these numbers actually are both more than a 4 log reduction, and very close to undetectable. If they are not already percentages, then they are .04% and .01% You should double check this with your Onc to see which it is, because I cannot tell from your information. It is ridiculous that labs and Oncs confuse patients by not making the results easily understood. So you could be doing much better than you think you are.
Greenie, Molecular test should be the PCR. Not sure what "no plus or minus" means, but it sounds like a test failure (could be not enough sample, or sample degraded, or a lab problem, or other human error). You should ask what it means, and whether the blood sample can be done locally and shipped to them. That is not a problem for test results, but a clinical trial Onc needs to maintain very strict controls to eliminate variables in the trial, so may not allow it. But you should try anyway. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
