The induction period of treatment started in Great Ormond Street but as I mentioned, we were able to go home after 11 days. Weekly trips to GOS were for IV chemotherapy along with general anaesthetics for lumber punches - chemo into the spinal fluid. At the end of week 5 GOS carried out another bone marrow biopsy where they use a new technique called MRD to look at the bone marrow and the leukaemic cells and to evaluate whether or not Francesca is at high or low risk of relapse. We felt like we were being prepared for it to be a result of high risk but to our relief she was classed through MRD to be low risk ! Hurrah!! The following link gives more information on MRD testing: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2003/269.Friday, 18 May 2007
Induction Period
The induction period of treatment started in Great Ormond Street but as I mentioned, we were able to go home after 11 days. Weekly trips to GOS were for IV chemotherapy along with general anaesthetics for lumber punches - chemo into the spinal fluid. At the end of week 5 GOS carried out another bone marrow biopsy where they use a new technique called MRD to look at the bone marrow and the leukaemic cells and to evaluate whether or not Francesca is at high or low risk of relapse. We felt like we were being prepared for it to be a result of high risk but to our relief she was classed through MRD to be low risk ! Hurrah!! The following link gives more information on MRD testing: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2003/269.
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