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In someone with an asymptomatic JAK2 V617 mutated and BCR/ABL negative MPN with a steadily rising WBC, when do you decide to start cytoreductive therapy and which agent(s) do you recommend?

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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University

First, let's abandon the phase "BCR/ABL-negative MPN". This is an oxymoron because BCR/ABL can be expressed in a JAK2 driver mutation-positive MPN. In fact, both BCR/ABL and JAK2 mutations can be expressed in normal individuals at very low levels without causing disease. Both mutations can also be p...

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