How do you titrate hydroxyurea in the management of myeloproliferative neoplasms?

Topics: Medical Oncology • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms • Hematology

What parameters/goals/targets do you use?

Do you treat PV, ET, and MF differently?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice

It certainly depends on the situation, but for most patients, the default is to start at 500 mg PO daily and make adjustments every 1 to 2 weeks based on the counts to get to the therapeutic targets.

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Medical Oncologist at Cancer Center of Kansas
What therapeutic targets do you aim at?

Medical Oncologist at Taussig Cancer Institute
It depends on a lot of things. Certainly, for PV i...

Medical Oncologist at Yuma Regional Medical Center Cancer Center
Also, one has to be careful with ramping up the do...

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