[PAGID] update on EBV patient

[Berger, Melvin]

The only consolation I can offer is that our kid responded wvery well,
and seemingly completely, to R-CHOP, and is now back in school. 

Mel Berger

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Subject: [PAGID] update on EBV patient

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, Melvin Berger's
prediction turns true - my 23 year old with EBV has a huge gastric
tumor,
infiltrating the entire stomach wall. This was found on a quick bedside
upper GI endoscopy. We don't know where else she might have disease,
since
she is too unstable to get a CT scan. We are proceeding with Rituximab
combined with EPOCH. 

Ashish Kumar M.D., Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation
University of Minnesota



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