Hi Everybody
I was diagnosed CML June 2008 and have been on Glivec since July 2008. My question is, are the BCR/ABL results different with regard to blood tests and bone marrow tests? My results are; December 2008 1.991% blood test. January 2009 0.659% bone marrow test. April 2009 1.465% blood test. Should I be dissappointed with this last result or are they OK?
Best Regards Tony.
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As nobody has replied to my post I can only assume that like me nobody knows if there is a difference in the blood tests and bone marrow tests
you can get differences in results between blood and marrow tests,you get more mature cells in your Blood,also if you take two samples and send them to two labs for testing the results can be different.
Its best to look at both blood and marrow tests over a period of time and look for trends. I think in your case it early days.
Michael