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Old Thu Mar 19, 2015, 08:04 PM
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Smile SCT was Considered.

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Originally Posted by bailie View Post
Data, have they mentioned a SCT with your VA? I needed a SCT within months of diagnosis and I don't think it would have been available with the VA. We were looking for a donor within a month of my diagnosis.
Bailie,
We did discuss SCT during shortly after I was diagnosed. Unfortunately I am a little older and have some other issues that would make a SCT a risky venture but the option was there. It was more of my decision not to pursue that treatment option.

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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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