False positives from FISH Test?

14 years 3 months ago #29404 by Joey
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David, great news. Enjoy the rest of the holiday season.

joey

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14 years 3 months ago #29394 by calypso
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I, too, had what the doc called a false positive FISH in January of this year. The positive pathology report came from Cleveland Clinic. So in March, my doc (not a Cleve. Clinic doc) did a cysto stating the positive FISH and gross hemturia. No malignancy was found in the bladder, only chronic inflammation and hemorrhage. :cheer: No positive cysto since, either!
I am scheduled for another FISH next month, only this time doc doesn't want Cleve. Clinic lab, he prefers the Quest Laboratories. I am surprised - thought Cleve. Clinic should be really good. :huh:

"You can't smooth out the surf, but you can learn to ride the waves."

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14 years 3 months ago #29391 by mmc
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David,

Great to hear!

Mike

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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14 years 3 months ago #29387 by Nix
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David
Merry Christmas indeed! thanks for sharing such wonderful news! Let's make 2010 another good year :laugh:


Nix

Nancy S
Ta CIS
dx Ta 11/06
dx Ta CIS 10/07

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14 years 3 months ago #29385 by ddoyle
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Got the biopsy results on 12/18 from the 12/11 TURB: no cancer from the five tissue samples, just "atypical cells" which the urologist says is better than "dysplasia" which I had a year ago. That's good news since I am completely intolerant of BCG and MMC, therefore the doc has said if cancer returns he will move toward radical cystectomy.

All in all, I nice Christmas present!

Merry Christmas to all of you from Houston, TX.

David Doyle

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14 years 3 months ago #29210 by Patricia
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Have another pathologist look at the FISH tests. Responses can vary from one to another.
And i do know of one person on this forum who had CIS which was not discovered until after cystoscopy..it was hidden between the inner layer and muscle layer.
Not want to frighten you..but do have someone else read the tests and maybe get a fresh perspective.
Pat

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