Eithne01,
The treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed significantly since the late 1990s, with the development and subsequent approval by the Food and Drug Administration of imatinib (in 2001), the first of a class of medications called tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which target the specific abnormality that causes CML.
Before that time, patients were treated with other therapy, including interferon and bone marrow transplant, and had very poor outcomes.
Are you currently on any medication like imatinib? The neutropenia can be due to your current medication. You can ask your hematologist for G-CSF injection if you have persistent neutropenia. Patients with CML are immunocompromised and can easily acquire infections. Neutropenia also puts a patient in an immunocompromised state.
For now, it is very important to prevent acquiring any infection. You should avoid crowded places and persons with ongoing infection.
Good luck.
Hi.
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) is a blood disorder caused by an acquired genetic defect in the pleripotent stem cell. It has several phases: indolent chronic or stable phase, aggressive or advanced phase, and accelerated and blastic phase. The transition between phases may take years (on the average, 4 to 6 years from the stable phase to aggressive phase).
Average survival rates are generalizations, not applicable to a particular patient. The prognosis is relatively good. Newer techniques are being tried, including imatinib and stem cell transplantation.
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TY for the reply. Yes I was told and am thinking that its parasitc or allergy. I went to aruba in June but that wouldn't have an affect on me now, would it?
If I do in fact have CSS, can it be controlled just by eliminating and/or being treated for specific allergies (triggers), or is it always necessary to treat with steroids and either chemo or immunosuppressive drugs? I am currently unable to function without at least 20-40mgs of Prednisone/day.
Also, could the thymus itself be causing these problems? At what point do doctors consider removing it?
Thank you in advance!
Is chemo a good choice for grade 3, 1.5 cm tumor, after a mastectomy with no lymph node involvemnet. I was hoping to fore-go it if possible. Will it increase survial rate?
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Has had surgery in the past to remove but still pops up.doctors want to try Chemo, but research I find says not really an option. She is 82 years old in good health other than this. Football size tumor pushing against kidneys and bladder, numerous lesions on liver, and other lesions in abdominable area. Surgey is not an option according to doctors.Is chemo worth the suffering?
arimidex, aromosin, fasoldex . and several radiation treatments. I am undecided on doing any more chemo. My cancer , of course , is er/pr positive. Is there any advice on this chemo. or is there another hormonal I could try.
After my chemo I get very bad achy legs it gets so bad I end of sitting up all night, please if you have any input on what I can do to ease it a bit,,,I need sleep bad.
Yes you can blame it on the chemo as well as many others. If the weakness doesn't improve call her Onc she might need a red cell booster.
She has been in remission for about 6 months and is having a scan done next week.She told me that her oncologist said that she is not eligigable for any mor chemo....if they find anything.She has been on the chemo pills for 6 months for maintenance.I don't understand that.She was on chemo for 6 months and responded really well to that.Is there point where you can't have any more chemo. Thank you...
Chemotherapy could well be a part of your adjuvant treatment as well as tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, both of which are effective in ER?PR + tumor cases.
You will need to discuss this with your oncologist and ask enough questions so that you understand your particular cancer and your treatment options. One of the general rules of thumb is that chemo would be indicated for a tumor that is 2+cm. There are several different regimens of chemotherapy drugs that can be used.
So my mother-in-law is now recovered from surgery and it in stage 3b. The chemo will be twice a week for 16 weeks. This seems like a lot of chemo to me but I am obviously not a doctor. Thoughts would be very much appreciated...... Has anyone gone through this much chemo before that can share....
Thanks!
I still wouldn't think that Chemo would even be recommended since your nodes were negative. I know what I would do but that has absolutely no bearing on your decision. Have you considered a second Oncology opinion ?? That's something I would most likely do if the choice were left up to me and I had no real medical knowledge.
My question is , could I skip the chemo? If I do all that he orders except the chemo, how would the odds change? i.e how would the survival/ recurrence figures be different? If it's less than 5 per cent, I might consider seriously skipping chemo (but not the rest) and pursue some alternative medicine.
I fear for my heart and lungs and worry about the leukemia risks associated with the chemo side effects.
Thank you for reading my question.
My question is , could I skip the chemo? If I do all that he orders except the chemo, how would the odds change? i.e how would the survival/ recurrence figures be different? If it's less than 5 per cent, I might consider seriously skipping chemo (but not the rest) and pursue some alternative medicine.
I fear for my heart and lungs and worry about the leukemia risks associated with the chemo side effects.
Thank you for reading my question.
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