Transformation vs. new disease

[Guest guest]

, just a thought, I imagine that one can have another type of cancer

totally independently of having CLL.

I am not sure one could call it a transformation if a new cancer happens to

afflict us. I really do not know it is just my idea.

Chonette

> Message: 1

> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:01:35 EDT

> From: jb50192@...

> Subject: Transformation vs. new disease

>

> A friend of mine jas had SLL for many years. Her principal symptom has

been

> a very low WBC, and some lymphadenopathy.

>

> Recently she developed a wicked cough, and some body pains. Scans have

> revealed a shadow on her lung and a shadow on her hip. She is undergoing

some

> further testing to determine whether the SLL has gotten active or whether

this is

> something different.

>

> My sense all along has been that SLL/CLL sometimes transforms into other

> lymphomas or leukemias, or that we devlop an aggressive version of the

disease

> at the same time that we still have the chronic one. The aggressive yhen

can

> sometimes be cured and we are left with the chronic one.

>

> But I have not heard of instances where the CLL turns into a totally

> different cancer, lung, bone.......

>

> Does anyone have an opinion or any experience with this issue?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sure one can have ANOTHER cancer - I guess I was curious whether this

would be NEW or caused by or transformed from CLL - Hard to answer.......

[Guest guest]

I think you and Carolyn are right - not CLL transformed, but different

cancers perhaps caused by lowered immune functions. Appreciate your thoughts. Am

hoping the best for my friend.

[Guest guest]

My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer after she was diagnosed with SLL.

the thinking was that it was an entirely different cancer and not

related to the SLL, but I have always thought that if your immune system

is compromised by SLL, it will open you up to all sorts of different

cancers.

My last trip to my oncologist showed that my nodes have shrunk

considerably. I pressed her to tell me about what stage SLL I have and

she said that all the staging is outdated and now instead of staging

doctors are looking at the molecular markers which determine how the

CLL/SLL will behave.

>>> ch@... 4/28/2006 4:15 pm >>>

, just a thought, I imagine that one can have another type of

cancer

totally independently of having CLL.

I am not sure one could call it a transformation if a new cancer

happens to

afflict us. I really do not know it is just my idea.

Chonette

> Message: 1

> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:01:35 EDT

> From: jb50192@...

> Subject: Transformation vs. new disease

>

> A friend of mine jas had SLL for many years. Her principal symptom

has

been

> a very low WBC, and some lymphadenopathy.

>

> Recently she developed a wicked cough, and some body pains. Scans

have

> revealed a shadow on her lung and a shadow on her hip. She is

undergoing

some

> further testing to determine whether the SLL has gotten active or

whether

this is

> something different.

>

> My sense all along has been that SLL/CLL sometimes transforms into

other

> lymphomas or leukemias, or that we devlop an aggressive version of

the

disease

> at the same time that we still have the chronic one. The aggressive

yhen

can

> sometimes be cured and we are left with the chronic one.

>

> But I have not heard of instances where the CLL turns into a totally

> different cancer, lung, bone.......

>

> Does anyone have an opinion or any experience with this issue?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Carole - my friend is not doing well, but I think that she has concluded that

her lung cancer is independent of her SLL - The question of whether a

compromised immune system had anything to do with it will, I think, never be

resolved.