Jeanie, Regarding your confusion about conflicting tests, Timothy's excellent analysis indicated that the flow cytometry test showed nothing unusual. This is good news, of course. But that does not mean your PCR would be negative. Your previous posting said your BMB FISH recently came back positive, and you are still waiting for PCR results. The flow cytometry was done because of the FISH report (you did not provide the FISH numbers -- possibly it could be a false positive if less than 5%). This flow cytometry was trying to determine if your leukemia had changed into something more aggressive, which it did not show (good news). The PCR measures leukemia levels in a very sensitive manner, and tests very differently than the flow cytometry. So do not be surprised that your next PCR could be positive. So there is good news to be grateful for, but you may still need more testing to determine if you have other issues if your PCR result rises significantly. If so, possibly a BCR-ABL Mutation Test is needed. If the PCR is good, maybe the FISH was a false positive.
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