Blast

[Lisa Goodin]

Question. My mom was diagnosed in 2017 with RAEB1. She has decided to not treat. Yesterday at her doctor’s appt. her blast from the blood test showed 33%. This is up from 7% in November. Yet all of her blood counts are going up. HCT is 33.1%, HBG is 9.8, WBC is 3.1, ANC is .6 and platelet count is 45,000. I have decided that there really is no tracking this type of cancer. My question is, is there a difference between blast in the blood and blast in the bone marrow? I think I read if the blast are over 20 then it is considered AML but with all of her counts going up I am just not sure what to think. Can someone explain? Thanks

[mdsfound]

Hi Lisa, Thank you for your post with information regarding your mother’s health. When you have 19% blasts you have MDS. When it reaches 20% it is Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I know this is a difficult situation for you and I would recommend that you take her to one of our Centers of Excellence in MDS for a second opinion. There are many drugs in the pipeline for those who have AML. Following is a link to our Centers of Excellence worldwide https://www.mds-foundation.org/mds-centeres-of-excellence/. If we can be of any further assistance, please email patientliaison@mds-foundation.org. I hope this helps.

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