Hi Jody: Dana Farber is an excellent hospital, but I can only tell you about my experience. I started on Gleevec 400 Mg. in Oct. of 2000, and only achieved a cytogenetic remission by July of 2001. I did not start getting PCR testing until later on. I know things are done differently by a lot of physicians. Some people did not even have a Bone Marrow Biopsy ( which I do not agree with) but have just been tested with PCR. I would not rush into a BMT. Is this Dr. Antin a CML Specialist at Dana Farber? I think I would get a second opinion. How is your sons actual blood counts? Did the 6 months of Gleevec bring his counts into normal range. There is a lot to consider before jumping into a transplant so soon. I hope someone else can answer some of your questions also.
Suzzie On Oct 14, 12:48 pm, Jody <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone who has been on glevec after 6 months have their PCR result > as coming back high? Dr. changed my son to Sprycel and he says if the > RX doesn't work then he will need a BMT in december.....I don't want > to jump to quick into BMT is there are other options..He does to Dana > Farber in Boston....does anyone know Dr. Antin? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
