Non-hematologic effects of chronic iron deficiency. A study of patients with polycythemia vera treated solely with venesections.

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Medical Oncology · Taussig Cancer Institute

While iron deficiency by itself is not harmful, if someone has symptomatic iron deficiency, you could consider them intolerant to phlebotomies, and start a cytoreductive agent. Then, over time they can replete their iron stores. In some patients who are very symptomatic from their iron deficiency, I...