What is your preferred treatment for CML that presents with thrombocytosis?
Does your management differ compared to typical CML?
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Hematology · University of Chicago
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In short, I do not change my TKI recommendations for patients with newly diagnosed CML who present with thrombocytosis. Prognostic scores demonstrate that thrombocytopenia is associated with poorer outcomes (Pfirrmann et al., PMID 26416462), but thrombocytosis does not seem to have any specific prog...
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