Do you recommend continued PCR testing in a CML patient who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation with an identical match about 20 years ago?
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Medical Oncology · University of Maryland Cancer Center
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If the patient was transplanted in chronic phase and has not experienced relapse post alloSCT nor h/o BCR-ABL1 Q-PCR/FISH positivity post alloSCT, I do not believe that there is much value for continuous PCR testing 20 years later as the vast majority of the relapses occur the 1st few years post all...
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