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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Medical | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
Asymptomatic low-risk patients should be followed with a watchful waiting approach. Some individuals remain symptom-free for years. The development of [[anemia|symptomatic anemia]], [[leukocytosis|marked leukocytosis]], [[night sweats|drenching night sweats]], [[weight loss]], [[fever]], or [[splenomegaly|symptomatic splenomegaly]] would warrant therapeutic intervention.<ref name=treatmentoverviewofmyelofibrosis1>Treatment overview of primary myelofibrosis. National cancer institute 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/myeloproliferative/hp/chronic-treatment-pdq#section/_9. Accessed on March 10, 2016</ref> | |||
===Treatment for Anemia=== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Medical Therapy
Asymptomatic low-risk patients should be followed with a watchful waiting approach. Some individuals remain symptom-free for years. The development of symptomatic anemia, marked leukocytosis, drenching night sweats, weight loss, fever, or symptomatic splenomegaly would warrant therapeutic intervention.[1]
Treatment for Anemia
References
- ↑ Treatment overview of primary myelofibrosis. National cancer institute 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/myeloproliferative/hp/chronic-treatment-pdq#section/_9. Accessed on March 10, 2016