28/04/2026
Since July 2020, Phillip has been living with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
“I was diagnosed through a PCR blood test.”
After completing chemotherapy, a molecular relapse was detected just five months later through a PCR blood test.
Following a bone marrow transplant in July 2021, another relapse was detected in September 2022, once again through a PCR blood test.
“Over the following three years, I had another four molecular relapses, all detected by PCR blood tests.”
These tests have allowed Phillip’s care team to act early and adjust his treatment before the disease progresses.
“These tests have been my early warning system. Without them, I wouldn’t be here today. They have allowed my haematologists to implement different treatment options to obtain remission periods.”
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