My father is 84 and last week went to see a doctor as he had blood in his urine . They wanted to do test for his bladder . His white cell count went up since he was told at 75 he had small trace luekimia. May be an infection but both the signs do not ring well with me. He has not had to be treated for his small trace as it was slow ...other than this he has and still is active and healthy. He told the doctor if it is a cancer he will let the course play out without treatment. Will they still call him with the results?
Hi and welcome to Chat Doctor, thank you for your query. They should call him of course, but I am not sure if this is leukemia if there is no evidence of blasts in blood. He should do more detailed work up by hematologist and then the right diagnosis can be established. It is questionable is there some treatment necessary at his age, but it would be good to know what kind of and is it leukemia at all. Blood in urine may be sign of kidney stone or reinfection, and he should see urologist for further treatments you good health. Regards.