Hi Poppy,
According to my lab reports, the normal range for basophil% is 0.2 - 1.0%. So a result of 2% doesn't seem alarming to me. As it's a percentage, the value is affected by the other types of cells it's being compared to. I wouldn't expect it to be normal yet at this early stage of treatment.
As a comparison, in 2012 I was also diagnosed at the end of September. My basophil% was 2% and was flagged as high on the 10/19/2012 report. My doctor never suggested SCT to me because my labs weren't normal yet. In fact, most of my white blood cell percentages were abnormal three weeks after my diagnosis.
Was he on Hydrea (hydroxyurea) when he was first diagnosed? I've heard opinions that Hydrea isn't a good idea as it's an indiscriminate inhibitor, and shouldn't be used except in cases of dangerously high white blood counts.
If he was diagnosed and started therapy only three weeks ago, I'd be wary of going to SCT so soon. It takes many months for the bone marrow to recover and for the TKI drugs to do their work. If it were me, I would insist on a consultation with a CML specialist before even thinking about SCT.
Unless there's more to this than we can see at this point, my opinion is that his doctor isn't allowing time for the normal treatment protocol to work and is pushing SCT for some unknown reason.
I'll leave you with Tbrands words, "I believe with the wrong Doctor, things would have been much different for me."
Kirk