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Tue Jul 12, 2011, 02:54 PM
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GOLD and leukemia treatment?
Someone mentioned about some "therapy" that involved gold dust, that attaches to leukemia cells, which are then radiated..........and then destroyed.
Sounds farfetched to me, but hey, you never know! Anyone?
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Cheri Age 54; dx Oct 2009 AML, induction chemo only;dx MDS July 2010,- PRBC transfusion dependent; Results BMB 8/4/11--- 6-8% blasts; Danazol 100 mg 3xday; quit Exjade/ GI distress; platelets holding 40's; Fluctuation in blasts in blood--Neupogen 3-4xweek; off Revlimid again! Procrit weekly 
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Tue Jul 12, 2011, 03:04 PM
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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Tue Jul 12, 2011, 03:47 PM
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Wow! You are quick Marlene!
Actually, I saw that but it looks like it's in the very early stages of development....
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Cheri Age 54; dx Oct 2009 AML, induction chemo only;dx MDS July 2010,- PRBC transfusion dependent; Results BMB 8/4/11--- 6-8% blasts; Danazol 100 mg 3xday; quit Exjade/ GI distress; platelets holding 40's; Fluctuation in blasts in blood--Neupogen 3-4xweek; off Revlimid again! Procrit weekly
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Tue Jul 26, 2011, 03:32 PM
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Unfortunately, gold has been implicated in a few cases of AA:
http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrar...2/192.full.pdf
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-Lisa, husband Ken age 60 dx SAA 7/04, dx hypo MDS 1/06 w/finding of trisomy 8; 2 ATGs, partial remission, still using cyclosporine
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