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molecular remission

hi everyone, i hope you are all doing ok. can anyone help me? my husband has been on gleevac 4 a year he has just had a year anniversary bone marrow test and the results show that the philedelphia chromosome has gone, and that he is in molecular remission. he still has to take 4 gleevac tablets a day. he is treated at our local mc millan unit at milton keynes hospital. they also want his brother to go in so that they can test his bone marrow 4 a match? please what exactly does this all mean, i dont understand? is he cured as i thought only a bmt could do that. i would really appreciate somebody,s imput.thanks. belinda.

Hi Belinda,

No, the drugs for CML are not a cure, which is why you have to keep taking the drugs. Your husband has had a very good response to Gleevec and he is not likely to relapse with this response.

It is always a good idea to know if you have a sibling match for a BMT, just as an option if ever needed in the future.

Congrats to your husband...you can both go out and celebrate his good response to Gleevec.
Nancy C.

hi nancy, thank you so much for your reply. and thanks for the info about the fact that he probably wont have a relapse, i didnt know that. were off 2 norfolk 4 the week so im definately going 2 make sure we celebrate, although i cant stop worrying about him. i hope your doing ok?