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Re: [Gleevec] Re: Chronic to Accelerated phase

@telephonics:
yes, I think I might have been mistaken, and thanks to Tracey's info I got to
think about it some more. However, I will see my onc next week and will get
some more info to get everything straight.

Thanks again,

Silvia


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Hi All, Its good to see some activity on the group. I have a question for you all. My mum's been CML patient for last 9 years. Started Gleevec nearly 4 years...
madhumathur
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Feb 2, 2006
2:13 am

Hi Madhulika, I'm sorry to hear about your mother. Why is she not in one of the trials for Gleevec resistant patients? There are two very promising new drugs...
Tracey
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Feb 2, 2006
3:22 am

I hope I am right, but according to my onc, one does not switch phases once it is determined what kind of leukemia one has. If she has been on Gleevec for so...
Silvia Keidel
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Feb 2, 2006
3:24 am

... phases once it is determined what kind of leukemia one has. If she has been on Gleevec for so long, and it is working, she must be in remission. Is...
Tracey
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Feb 2, 2006
3:39 am

Tracey: thank you for your reply, I am sorry to be wrong, but how do you know this? I am very confused now, since my onc told me that one does not switch...
Silvia Keidel
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Feb 2, 2006
3:58 am

Hi Silvia, Well I know this because I've seen many patients return to chronic phase after being in the accelerated phase or even blast phase. This is the goal...
Tracey
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Feb 2, 2006
3:00 pm

Tracey, thank you very much for your information. Are you in the medical field? As far as the phases go, I always believed that without treatment a patient...
Silvia Keidel
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Feb 3, 2006
6:25 pm

Hi Silvia, I'm not sure what you're talking about. I don't recall saying that we couldn't stay in one phase with treatment. The goal is exactly that, to halt...
Tracey
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Feb 4, 2006
3:42 am

Tracey: indeed you have confused me. But maybe I did not explain things in a very understandable way since english is my second language. I apologize. I...
Silvia Keidel
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Feb 8, 2006
8:12 pm

... phases once it is determined what kind of leukemia one has. If she has been on Gleevec for so long, and it is working, she must be in remission. Is...
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Feb 11, 2006
9:49 pm

@telephonics: yes, I think I might have been mistaken, and thanks to Tracey's info I got to think about it some more. However, I will see my onc next week...
Silvia Keidel
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Feb 12, 2006
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