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

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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University

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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