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OH CRAP!  Can It Be A Secondary Cancer?

5/10/2017

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I have been a little slow about talking about my recent visit to see Dr. Barlogie for a few reasons. I knew when I left I was SCR(Stringent complete response), no M spike, good light chain numbers, and a clean MRI of my bone marrow.    However, it has taken a lot longer than normal to find out about my MRD(Minimal Residual Disease) status, and if MRD positive what was my Gene Expression Profile (GEP).  I have been waiting and they say the delay in the GEP is because they can not find enough myeloma cells to run the test.   Now that is just outstanding.  The OH CRAP part comes in because when I got home and looked at my MRI output which had just been released, it had stated the following:

IIMPRESSION(3/17 MRI)
1. Complex left lower renal pole 1.9 cm cystic lesion. Further 
evaluation with dedicated MRI abdomen with and without IV contrast 
recommended.
2. Osseous structures are described in a separate report

I asked Dr. Barlogie if this was a problem, then wouldn't it have shown up as active in the prior year's PET scan.  He looked into it and found that it was in his words HOT in the 3/16 PET scan.  As with the MRI, the PET scan was not finalized by the time I left Mt. Sinai but was finalized after I had returned home.  I nor Dr. Barlogie made note of the following impression.

IMPRESSION(3/16 PET)
1. No hypermetabolic lytic lesion is identified to suggest active
multiple myeloma.
 
2. Mildly hypermetabolic ovoid lesion at the left lower pole should be
evaluated with dedicated multiphasic MR imaging with contrast.

After a few emails with Dr. Barlogie he  recommended I get an ultrasound and later a MRI to determine if this is renal carcinoma.  The results of these studies resulted in the following diagnosis.


I have a Bosniak III cyst (2.0 cm) in the inferior pole of the left kidney, and have an appointment with a Mayo surgeon, Dr. Klein at Mayo Jax on 5/17.  So OH CRAP, I may have dueling cancers!  You are your own best advocate and need to make sure you get copies of all your reports and read the summary.  If I hadn't, I may have been  waiting another year before this kidney issue was identified.   Hopefully we have found it in the early stages and it can be removed without removing one of my kidneys, which are already marginal from the original myeloma.  One thing for sure is I do not want to go back on dialysis. 

Good luck and may God Bless your cancer journey.   For more information on multiple myeloma survival rates and treatments CLICK HERE and you can follow me on twitter at: https://twitter.com/grpetersen1


5 Comments
Sean Murray
5/12/2017 12:19:40 pm

Praying for successful treatment for this development.

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Gary Petersen link
5/12/2017 02:39:18 pm

Sean, thank you. I am on a few prayer lists and so thankful for the support.

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David Finkelstein
5/12/2017 01:00:55 pm

Glad you found that. Hoping it won't be too bad.

David

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Gary Petersen link
5/12/2017 02:43:55 pm

David thanks for the kind words. I knew MM patients had a higher chance of secondary cancers, but ...

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David Langston
7/6/2017 03:12:02 pm

Gary,
Is there any chance that this tumor could be a soft-tissue, non-secretory, MM plasmacytoma indicating an extramedullary relapse rather than a secondary cancer? These relapse plasmacytomas often involve the kidneys as well as other organs.

http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/127/8/971.full.pdf?sso-checked=true

Best of luck to you,
David

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