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Management of polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis with hydroxyurea

✍ Scribed by Eva Löfvenberg; Anders Wahlin


Book ID
114790864
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
409 KB
Volume
41
Category
Article
ISSN
0902-4441

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In polycythemia Vera (PV), treatment with chlorambucil and radioactive phosphorus (p32) increases the risk of leukemic transformation from 1% to 13-14%. This risk has been estimated to be 1-5.9% with hydroxyurea (HU) therapy. When compared with historical controls, the risk with use of HU does not a