Generally, Gleevec does the same things to children that it does to
adults. But that lack of long term history with the drug prevents
knowing what will happen over a very long term. But then, 7 1/2 years
plus the clinical trial period of several more years does provide a
lot of evidence that Gle
Trey,
Thank you so much for your input and the wealth of information!
Nick does have 2 siblings and neither one of them are a match...all of us
were tested and none of us matched. There is 11 "potential" donors in the
National Marrow Bank and they are being contacted to undergo additional
testing.
The difference of opinion mainly comes from a relatively short history
of Gleevec, some 7 1/2 years now. That lack of history makes many
Oncs nervous about predicting very long term success of the CML drugs,
even though they show great results so far. BMT has become a last
resort for adults, but
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