February 19, 2013

The latest MRI results show that the tumor is "stable" and Ken will be able to stay on the trial for another month!! There seems to be some question on whether or not there has been any growth...last month we were told that his tumor had grown 15% since his baseline MRI in December. Today they informed us that the actual growth last month had been 19%. The radiologist today determined that this latest scan showed no significant change, and was still at 19% since baseline. The doctor from the trial said that there may be a tiny bit of growth, but not enough to discontinue the trial...and actually the discrepancy may be in how the tumor was actually measured (due to its irregular shape) rather than the tumor actually growing. Ken's blood counts are good, and some of the "issues" he was having seem to have resolved themselves. His CPK has also gone from 350 to 320, and Ken said the EKG that they did this afternoon was fine. All good news, and a great birthday present for Ken!