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Old Fri Jan 3, 2014, 04:15 PM
bailie bailie is offline
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Peachy, I am 67 and just finished my first round of Vidaza. There are many people on this forum who can give you better advice than I can, but I share a similar situation. They are already getting me in position for an eventual transplant. There has been considerable improvement in transplant procedures. My advice from my experience and knowledge (again, no expert here) would be to immediately get the ball rolling toward the transplant. It would be the "mini-transplant that has been shown to have positive outcomes and is now used for ages up to about 73-4 years old. Naturally, the underlying conditions have an effect on outcome.

You said, "Unfortunately he has no living siblings." That should not be a problem if you can get a donor from the national registry.

What advice were you given concerning a transplant?
I wish you the best in your decision.
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age 70, dx RAEB-2 on 11-26-2013 w/11% blasts. 8 cycles Vidaza 3w/Revlimid. SCT 8/15/2014, relapsed@Day+210 (AML). Now(SCT-Day+1005). Prepping w/ 10 days Dacogen for DLI on 6/9/2017.
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