Interesting Cheryl, I'll have to ask about that test! My Oncologist is top of his field in the UK so I would hope he knew of such an option! Whether available here or not.

Update, I went looking and found this relatively recent write up on chemosensitivity essays which suggests it's pretty un-proven technology. Do you have better info?

I think there are different kinds of anemia. Mine is low blood cell count, not low iron content of the red blood cells, so I think the only real 'fix' is pumping more blood cells in there, not pumping up the few that are there. That's my impression anyway.

I'm told the transfusion has given me my color back. I just checked, yep, rather red in the face! Well, I'll take that as a good thing.


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47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.