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In the absence of symptoms would you still treat high risk myelofibrosis if transplant ineligible?

Is leukocytosis and thrombocytosis alone an indication for treatment?
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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University
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If a patient with high risk PMF is not a transplant candidate, any therapy is, by definition, palliative and in the absence of symptoms, the potential risks of therapy would theoretically outweigh its benefits (e.g., anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia). The presence of asymptomatic leukocytosis...

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