Present status of32P-therapy in management of polycythemia vera
β Scribed by Meuret, G.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 464 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1440
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Polycythemia vera (PV) is a clonal stem cell disorder characterized by excessive erythrocyte production, resulting in absolute erythrocytosis. No specific structural chromosomal abnormalities have been reported in PV to date. We have observed two cases of PV with an extra i(9)(p10) as the sole anoma
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