A study of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) showed that the severity of individual symptoms was not affected by blood count control, with the exception of pruritus and night sweats. A study of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — First-line treatment with ruxolitinib led to “clinically meaningful” positive results versus best ...

A panelist discusses how polycythemia vera (PV) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) characterized by excessive red blood cell production, primarily affecting older adults with JAK2 mutations, ...

A panelist discusses how patients with polycythemia vera (PV) often present with diverse symptoms ranging from fatigue and itching to cardiovascular complications, leading doctors to conduct specific ...

Dr Gerds explores similarities and differences in symptomatic patients compared to asymptomatic patients with PV. Aaron Gerds, MD, MS: Certainly patients with polycythemia vera [PV] can present both ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rusfertide reduced need for phlebotomies and offered better hematocrit control than placebo. Results showed ...

The blood you don’t need could be exactly what someone else is praying for. It sounds inconceivable, yet for patients requiring frequent therapeutic phlebotomy—blood removal as treatment—this blood is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with secondary polycythemia in 2011. His hematocrit test (HCT) was 57%. He was referred to a hematologist. The hematologist would order a phlebotomy when his ...

LIVER tumors, usually hepatomas, are relatively frequent in cases of hepatic cirrhosis, occurring in approximately 3 or 4 per cent of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and in a somewhat higher ...

Polycythemia vera is a rare condition that affects the bone marrow, which is slow to progress and typically develops in later life. It is a condition characterized by the overproduction of red blood ...