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Newly diagnosed with AML (FTL3 TKD)
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Sep 23 12:39pm | Replies (49)Comment receiving replies
One of the ways your doctor checks your progress is with a
peripheral blood smear. This test can show blasts in your blood. A pathologist views a sample of your blood beneath a microscope to check for elevated or abnormal-looking blasts. (Immature white blood cells)
This can be part of a CBC with differential. The lab tech will note any immature white blood cells appearing in peripheral blood circulation.
Do any of your recent tests mention the % of blast cells?
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My husbands blasts in the blood were at 2% for several months, then went to 16% but have gone down to 9%. His bone marrow biopsy in January showed 8%. He was in a clinical trial using low dose chemo to slow down his MDS until January but was removed from the trial. He is now in hospital as he has no balance and has lost a lot of strength in his legs.