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One more thing . . .
I found something in my research where chromosome 7 is related to the particular variety of bladder cancer that Jens has . . . Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC), which means that it started in his kidney rather than his bladder . . . and, of course, it is chromosome 7 that is his biggest problem with the MDS. This particular variety is more rare among either the bladder cancer or kidney cancer folks . . . like about 5% of bladder cancers (TCC: transitional cell carcinoma) begin in the renal pelvis (kidney) and also only about 5% of cancers in the kidneys are the TCC-type; most are RCC (renal cell carcinoma). I don't know whether this has any bearing on anything, but it is interesting.
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hubby 73, dx NHL 2001, CNS involvement. SCT (auto) 5/08 [dx UTUC renal pelvis, 2010/surgeries/MMC], MANY recurrences, chemos, surgeries, rad. dx t-MDS 3/11: IPSS 1.5 (Int-2); MDA 11, RCMD trilineage, inc. Fe, ring sideroblasts, 7q del/mono 7 (51.5%), 46,XY,t(6,17)(p22;q25)[4]/45,XY,-7[4]/46,XY[12].
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