Oh, my. I can see you're really struggling to understand. Yep. Really struggling -- just like your naive notion about CAR-T.
CAR-T is not a pill you take. It is on the level of a major organ transplant. It is not something a local doc may even understand -- much less run a simple blood test at an "annual physical." Those are YOUR words -- not words from the report.
Your reply does not address my comments. I never said anything about the report from Weill Cornell. What I did reference is your flippant and misleading comments. It is quite clear you have no clue what you're talking about.
May I repeat your words.....
A very available, cheap blood test can tell you or your doctor that your multiple myeloma immunotherapy is working 15 days after starting it.....If it doesn’t look good at that point, immediately start a different therapy.
Where exactly can I get this cheap blood test? Is my family doctor at my annual visit going to run this test -- when he may not even know what CAR-T is (like you), much less the test?
You may already get this blood test as part of your annual physical. There’s no need to wait a lot of precious months now.
What? So I can get this at my annual physical by my local family doc? Really?
No need to wait precious months?? What wait? The infusion lasts minutes. The doctors who administer this treatment are the best of the best, and I know a few. None of these docs are going to wait months! There are many other tests that can be run in the period from 15 days to a month, and those docs may use the new test, but there are much more proven tests that will indicate the treatment worked or didn't work.
So, you see. It's not the words from the reports. It's your words and a total lack of understanding of what you are talking about. Any fool with a computer can find out about that test without being misled by your useless comments.
That's the deal. Get it?
I never said CART-T is a pill you can take, or even anything that is simple or can be done by a patient.
I said a current cheap blood test can help determine if that CAR-T you got will work, in as little as 15 after being treated. That doctor will need to know this new finding and perform the test, but the test is very available to everyone. Thankfully, this study shows it provides much more insight, quicker, than any other way of determine if the CAR-T therapy is going to work or not.
You definitely do not “cclearly,” icclearly!