Back on track for a SCT
After a little scare and delay because of a possible reoccurrence of prostate cancer I am back on track for a stem cell transplant. My new admit date is 29 March 2016. I wasn't real happy that it is a month away but evidently that is the best the donor could do. They have already told me he is a 20 year old male with O Negative blood (I have O Positive).
At my last doctor's visit I found out I have several gene mutations (TP53, TET2, TET1, PMS2, PML, MSH6, FLT3, EZH2, DNMT3L, DNMT1, and ASXL1). I also had monosomy 7 in 10 out of the 20 cells analyzed in the last biopsy. My doctor said given all of this he puts my success chances at 30% and a median survival time of 3 years if the transplant is successful.
Wishing everyone else the best in their individual journeys.
Cheers
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Prostate Cancer: Treated in early 2013 with HDR Brachytherapy. MDS-RCMD: Oct 2014. Biopsies: 46,XY,t(7;18)[2]: 46,XY,del(7)( q22)[3]: 45,XY,-7[6]: 45,XY,-7[10]: 45,XY,-7[13]. HSCT in April 2016.
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