Marlena Hodges

Marlena Hodges (Lynchburg, Virginia)

DSRCT Diagnosed 1/05 at age 24 - Passed Away 7/28/07

Timeline

01/05	Diagnosed. CA-125 marker was 1030. (normal is 30)
02/08/05	11 hour debulking surgery with a 90 minute heated chemo abdomen bath. (IPHC Surgery) Dr. Paul Sugarbaker in Washington, D.C. 5 1/2 weeks in the hospital to recover.
02/12/05	Chemo: Carboplatinum and Gemzar
03/05	Clear CT scan. CA-125 marker was 100.
03/05	Chemo: Once a week for three weeks with a week off. Daily Gleevec pills.
06/05	CT scan revealed "shading" in the abdomen and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck (measured 3.5cm)
06/05	#1 Ifosfamide and Etoposide (given over 4 days) - #2 Vincristine, Doxorubicin, and Mesna (given in 1 day)
07/05	Lymph node in neck measures 1.6cm
09/05	CT scan revealed significant shrinkage - no more fluid around the lungs
01/06	CT scan clear except for 3cm cyst on bladder
01/06 - 04/06	Continued w/ current chemo regimen
05/06	Began preconditioning for an allogenic bone marrow transplant. Brother was donor. Received a reduced intensity regimen of fludarabine(5 days) and one day of Melphalan. May 9 was the transplant. Husband was granulocyte donor and recieved his granulocytes twice a week until WBC returned.
06/06	End of June - PET/CT - all clear
07/06	Began abdominal radiation and radiation on neck (lymphnodes) Received 20 abdominal treatments-there were 18 separate fields and each session lasted about 1 hour. The neck radiation was 30 sessions with only one field.
08/08/06	PET/CT - all clear