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My mother had cml and is taking imatinib 400 mg once day since last 4 years .today her cbc was done where tlc count was only 1800 I am so worried please help and suggest why it has hand and what has to be done. Is it anything to worry about.
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This may be due to medicine effect or due to disease progression both. Need to withhold imatinib and get bcr-abl pcr done, if this report shows a high percentage value, medicine to be changed, if not detected, imatinib dosage needs reduction further.
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