Ask the Expert: MDS & Leukemia

Blood cancers like myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) can be particularly challenging to diagnose and treat. Learn more during our chat with physician Yazan Madanat, M.D., from the UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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[@lexluger1925]

Dysplasia in itself is not Malignancy just as a Dysplastic Nevus is not a Melanoma. I concur that a liquid cancer is more concerning than a solid tumor (not always Gastric Cancer and Lung Cancer), but there should be a differentiation between Malignancy and the Stages and Risk Factors (RF) of Cancer, Pathogenesis of Leukemia. In short, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) has a high likelihood of Progression to Leukemia and is not an Anaplasia (Malignant Tumor) itself yet....

[@carolyncintana3306]

My uncle has just been diagnosed with MDS. He is 82. Is there a chance he could beat it naturally through targeted nutrition?

[@roslynrivas719]

Is it always normal to have 1% blast in peripheral when doing CBC differential?

[@lindan779]

My father is 83, was just diagnosed with MDS, what are his chances of survival??