Re: Help with interpreting results please

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At 09:54 PM 6/27/06 +0000, you wrote:

>Well, my oncologist got the rest of my results from the bone marrow

>biopsy(after almost 5 months on Gleevec) and she is very

>pleased..suddenly. She seems to have given up the BMT idea for a

>while.

>

>Problem is I am not sure how pleased I should be..I think I should

>be very pleased too but I want to make sure so...this is what they

>said:

>

> " Philadelphia negative (fusion negative) 99.35% (304 cells)

>Philadelphia positive (fusion positive) 0.65% (2 cells) "

>

>Is this as good as I hope it is?

Hi Jane,

Sometimes we just have to teach our oncologists that Gleevec actually works

and might even be a better option than a high risk BMT!!

I am guessing that this is a FISH test, looking at a total of 306 cells?

You might have 2 bad cells or you might not. This test has a margin of

error, giving a false positive reading sometimes.........so you might

actually be negative (the big Zero!) on FISH..........so this is indeed

reason to celebrate.

Keep teaching that oncologist....so that the next CML patient won't have it

so bad.

C.

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[ ] Help with interpreting results please

Hi there all.

Well, my oncologist got the rest of my results from the bone marrow

biopsy(after almost 5 months on Gleevec) and she is very

pleased..suddenly. She seems to have given up the BMT idea for a

while.

Problem is I am not sure how pleased I should be..I think I should

be very pleased too but I want to make sure so...this is what they

said:

" Philadelphia negative (fusion negative) 99.35% (304 cells)

Philadelphia positive (fusion positive) 0.65% (2 cells) "

Is this as good as I hope it is?

Hope you are all well and still fighting the good fight!

Jane