Will Dacogen work longer than 2 years?
I was diagnosed with MDS with 11% blasts about 13 months ago.After being on Dacogen or Decitabine for about 6 months I had another BMB that showed 3% blasts.
The stem cell translpant Dr said that Dacogen will work for aprox 18 months and my chemo Dr said it should work for aprox 24 months.
I still have the option of stem cell transplant but with 45% survival rate I want to do this as a last resort.
Does anybody know how firm these predictions for how long Dacogen will work are. Will it work longer?
Does anybody here have experience with Dacogen working longer than 2 years?
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Male 64 years old. Diagnosed MDS with 11% blasts in August 2016. Blood counts have normalized after 3 rounds of (Dacogen or Decitabine) Currently on Month 24 of Dacogen. Waiting for Decitabine to fail before doing SCT.
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