Unicorn - Wednesday, May 2nd

So why would I be discussing unicorns? Well, the continual joke has been that Alan is one. So let me tell you how my husband is a rare breed of unicorn that MD Anderson wants to study!

Unicorn Traits:

1. Alan has a genetic mutation which accounts for only 3% of colon cancer cases. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lynch-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20374714)
2. Alan's tumor was a mucinious adenocarcinoma which accounts for only 10% to 15%. (http://www.esmo.org/Oncology-News/Mucinous-Colorectal-Cancer)
3. His chances of metastatic recurrence within 5 years was 25% to 32%. 

So up until today his unicorn-ness has not been a good thing. It has been negative. Well today his unicorn-like cancer has finally positive!

Alan has a marker in his blood that only 38% of the population has!!! This is great news. Tomorrow we will have another biopsy of one of his tumors to see if it has 1 of 8 markers. If so, he qualifies for a very important clinical trial (ACTolog)! For more information about this trial, go here (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02876510)!