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Hello to you and your wife
Billy, so sorry to hear that your wife is having to deal with the two diseases. Don't really know much about any of the other chemo drugs. I do know that Dacogen works a little different than the others, it's a hypomethylating drug which in layman's terms "kills off the mutations to allow the bone marrow to make normal cells."
Also, the type of treatment chosen MDS depends on the subtype which takes into consideration any chromosome abnormalities. My advice is to see an MDS specialist (for a second opinion) if you haven't already because this disease is so complicated in it's diagnosis and treatments. Others on this forum have more knowledge re: taking the two drugs! The more understanding you have, the better! Take care!
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66 yr female;diag 6/09; MDS, unspecified, normal cytogenetics: blasts 10%; successful Dacogen;every 4th wk.; as of Aug.'12 changing to every 5th wk., stable at Hgb 12-14/platelets 200-300/wbc 2.-3.
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