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Almost done with my dad's first chemo session. He's doing alright right now. Hasn't been feeling ill from the medicine. His blood counts are slowly going down, probably from the chemo. Doctors might give him a blood transfusion on Wed.
Still waiting on his cytogenetics test results. I have been doing some reading and wanted to ask a few questions.
--Do bad genetics cause MDS? I have read that people with MDS sometimes have an extra 18 chromosome or a delation in part of chromosome 5. Does having one of these cause MDS? Like for instance, do all trisomy 18 individuals eventually acquire bone marrow cancer? Are there other common chromosome abnormalities that can lead to it? Also, are these inherited? If by dad has abnormalities in his chromosomes (18, 5), can it be passed down to his kids?
Thanks
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