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If you are MRD positive, should you continue to have MRD testing completed?

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• August 12, 2025

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Learn about necessity of continuing MRD testing when patients are MRD positive in this HealthTree University lesson by a cancer specialist.

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Nicholas Short, Specialist

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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If you are MRD positive, should you continue to have MRD testing completed?

So yes, anyone who is MRD positive, I would certainly continue to check MRD status on every subsequent bone marrow, certainly at least until MRD negativity is confirmed, meaning that there's no evidence of disease on a bone marrow with the MRD testing, because we know that unfortunately, patients who are MRD positive have a very high likelihood of relapse. So we really want to see conversion from MRD positivity to MRD negativity, to feel comfortable that there's going to be a chance of long-term cure for this patient.

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