Andy, ,Ramona

[Guest guest]

I think Andy might be right, that might be the test that measures all the CD

expressions ie. CD20, CD23, CD38,CD52 etc.

K.

--------- Re: Re: Ramona, Kurt

> Kurt - I'll put the url on my favorites

>

> Perhaps I'm wrong, but I alsways considered flow cytometry not what has

> come

> to be known as " prognostic testing " , for example, FISH.

>

> Rather, it is part of the initial staging, to determine precisely the

> nature

> of your leukemia/lymphoma, and to determine where (marrow, etc.) the bad

> cells hang out. So I thought of it more as a " diagnostic " than a

> " prognostic "

> tool.

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's the way I understood it. So it will tell me if the deletions

I have are the good (less agressive) or bad (more aggressive)? And

this will help tell them what my prognosis might be?

I've been trying to read so much I'm totally confused. I've been

reading about sibling bone marrow transplants that seem to have

positive results. It seems that these might be done in the later

stages? Is this correct? Also, how far along is the immunization

trials and what results do they seem to be getting? Of course, they

would be better before you get leukemia, but even in the early

stages of the disease, it would make sense to train your immune

system to attack these cells as much as it can. Please let me know

if I'm missing anything.

Thanks so much for the help and information.

>

> I think Andy might be right, that might be the test that measures

all the CD expressions ie. CD20, CD23, CD38,CD52 etc.

>

> K.

>

>

> --------- Re: Re: Ramona, Kurt

>

>

> > Kurt - I'll put the url on my favorites

> >

> > Perhaps I'm wrong, but I alsways considered flow cytometry not

what has

> > come

> > to be known as " prognostic testing " , for example, FISH.

> >

> > Rather, it is part of the initial staging, to determine

precisely the

> > nature

> > of your leukemia/lymphoma, and to determine where (marrow, etc.)

the bad

> > cells hang out. So I thought of it more as a " diagnostic " than a

> > " prognostic "

> > tool.

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

It is a little of both.They do it at first to determine part of your

staging.They do one on me every 3 months to see if my CLL is progressing.For

example 1 1/2 years ago,I was CD 38 -,now I am CD38+,72%,which is not good.

Deb

M_Hauenstein <m_hauenstein@...> wrote:

That's the way I understood it. So it will tell me if the deletions

I have are the good (less agressive) or bad (more aggressive)? And

this will help tell them what my prognosis might be?

I've been trying to read so much I'm totally confused. I've been

reading about sibling bone marrow transplants that seem to have

positive results. It seems that these might be done in the later

stages? Is this correct? Also, how far along is the immunization

trials and what results do they seem to be getting? Of course, they

would be better before you get leukemia, but even in the early

stages of the disease, it would make sense to train your immune

system to attack these cells as much as it can. Please let me know

if I'm missing anything.

Thanks so much for the help and information.

>

> I think Andy might be right, that might be the test that measures

all the CD expressions ie. CD20, CD23, CD38,CD52 etc.

>

> K.

>

>

> --------- Re: Re: Ramona, Kurt

>

>

> > Kurt - I'll put the url on my favorites

> >

> > Perhaps I'm wrong, but I alsways considered flow cytometry not

what has

> > come

> > to be known as " prognostic testing " , for example, FISH.

> >

> > Rather, it is part of the initial staging, to determine

precisely the

> > nature

> > of your leukemia/lymphoma, and to determine where (marrow, etc.)

the bad

> > cells hang out. So I thought of it more as a " diagnostic " than a

> > " prognostic "

> > tool.

> >

> >

>

>