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Getting diagnosed with Kidney cancer and prior PCV

tbado
tbado CSN Member Posts: 11
edited March 2014 in Kidney Cancer #1
Prior to my being diagnosed with RCC in 2003, I was diagnosed with
idiopathic polycythemia vera(my blood was like sludge) My erythropoietin
was normal. My primary tumor made a similar protein that functioned in the same manner
but was not close enough to be picked up on the assay. I was wondering if anyone else
had this occur?