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[CML2012]

First of all I am excited that it appears after 30 months I am "undetectable". However due to insurance I had to switch oncologist and labs. My previous oncologist and lab treated the PCR as very time sensitive. It had to be drawn of the morning and was to the lab in the same day. This time my blood was not received for two days and traveled from NC to NY to be read..??.. Last time I was at .06% and now I am at less than .001% which the lab gives this number because it says that the BCR-ABL was undetectable in the blood sample. Does this sound right/possible?? Excited but worried....

[CallMeLucky]

I wouldn't be worried, you were really low and now you're either about the same or lower. Different labs will yield different results and time to process can impact numbers. Either way you are in a really good place so celebrate that and try not to weigh the difference between a hundredth and a thousandth

[hannibellemo]

I'm in the same boat '12. I had my pcr at the same lab but I usually go in on Mon - Wed for testing. This last time I went in on Friday and blood was delivered to Mayo the same day but not tested until the following Mon.

 

I had been .02 the time previous and this time I was undetectable. Since Trey told me I might have lower %s if I had it done later in the week and the results weren't available on the same day. I find this very suspect and am not expecting a repeat in August. We'll see.

 

I'm suspicious by nature!  

[Trey]

For most people the sample is sent by mail to another location.  So your current sample PCR is probably similar to what happens for most patients.  So by comparison it is PCRU by what is standard.  The time varies a bit, but overall this would be considered PCRU by industry standards (which are a bit loose).