this is from Carolyn (Dr. Druker's nurse): PCR testing for bcr-abl is complex; there are controversies about different things and the field continues to evolve.
There are a significant number of false positives with nested PCR--I assume that is what the first part of the message below is referring to. As Dr. Nimer said, trends are important. No matter what method is being used, there is no way with our current technology to look at every cell in the marrow and thus no way to say for sure there is no bcr-abl. >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/17/2006 1:25:56 PM >>> I hope this was okay that I sent your message to the group on CMLHope. They are driving me insane with some correct responses and some that just do not add up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
