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Thanks for the response, Neil. The doctor wants to go ahead with it and my mother agrees that we 'need to try something.' It is that or nothing at this point. He did give us the 25% chance of remission.... and side effects: 25% of liver problems.... high fever... decreased counts, etc.,... He is going to wait until Monday to administer the drug as he is not on call this weekend and wants to be available. He also said he wouldn't give her the full dose, but, a 3/4 dose? It is administered twice, with two weeks in between. He is going to bring some articles for us from some physician websites. He did mention that there haven't been a lot of studies in patients with mds, but, that it is an option for patients unable to receive the traditional chemo.
I meant to ask about chromosomes, but, completely forgot! I will ask. Her classification of aml is M2.
Linda E.
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