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How would you approach the treatment of an elderly patient with multiple myeloma and CALR+ myelofibrosis with elevated platelets?

Presuming the patient is not a transplant candidate due to comorbidities, PS, and age.
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Medical Oncology · Taussig Cancer Institute
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Thank you! This is a great question and a very complicated case. Generally, I would be less concerned about thrombocytosis. I would focus more on the symptoms and splenomegaly that the patient may be experiencing. If they are not having significant MF-related symptoms or splenomegaly, then observati...

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