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Recurrence of CML After Interferon

After 9 years of daily high dose Interferon and then 10 years of being 'clean', my CML has recently come back with a vengeance. I have started Gleevec and am hopeful.

Has anyone out there had a similar experience?

Stephen Silver
Montreal, Canada

Dear Stephen,
I am amazed you have tolerated a high dose IFN regime for so long. However, there is a lot of evidence that those patients who have been pre-treated with IFN and then subsequently with Glivec, respond very well to the drug.
Please update us on your progress.
Very best wishes,

Sandy

Stephen, I might have misunderstood you here, but were you not on any treatment in between ending the interferon and starting the Glivec - 10 years later?
Incidentally, I was on interferon for 8 years after a failed autologous stem cell transplant. Miraculously, for those 8 years my counts stayed as solid as a rock, while my PH+ was never below 65%.