View Single Post
  #4  
Old Tue May 8, 2012, 04:26 PM
DanL DanL is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 590
Neel,

I have seen a couple of articles where a person has responded, but they had markers in their blood that made them candidates for the treatment. Specifically patients that respond have the philadelphia chromosome bcr-abl + , or they test positive for PDGFR alpha.

hope this helps.
__________________
MDS RCMD w/grade 2-3 fibrosis. Allo-MUD Feb 26, 2014. Relapsed August 2014. Free and clear of MDS since November 2014 after treatment with Vidaza and Rituxan. Experiencing autoimmune attack on CNS thought to be GVHD, some gut, skin and ocular cGVHD. Neuropathy over 80% of body.
Reply With Quote