Polycythemia vera is a classic myeloproliferative neoplasm and a chronic type of leukemia, which often leads to overproduction of various blood cells. In this interview, Andrew Kuykendall, MD, ...

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 ...

Polycythemia vera is the ultimate phenotypic consequence of the V617F mutation in Janus kinase 2 (encoded by JAK2), but the extent to which this mutation influences the behavior of the involved CD34+ ...

Rome, Italy - A new double-blind, placebo-controlled study has shown that low-dose aspirin can prevent thrombotic complications in patients with polycythemia vera, provided they have no ...

Ruxolitinib improves hematocrit control and treatment response in polycythemia vera compared to best available therapy. Patients on ruxolitinib show better Myeloproliferative Neoplasms-Symptom ...

Rusfertide significantly improves hematocrit control and reduces the mean number of phlebotomies in patients who are phlebotomy-dependent despite standard care. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Rusfertide showed a 77% clinical response rate in polycythemia vera patients, significantly higher than the 33% with placebo. The drug reduced phlebotomy frequency, with 0.5 per patient in the ...

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a rare blood cancer causing the bone marrow to make too many blood cells. Treatment usually starts with phlebotomy and may continue with medications. If one treatment isn’t ...

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 ...

The FDA has approved Jakafi (ruxolitinib) as a treatment for patients with polycythemia vera who are resistant or intolerant to hydroxyurea, based on findings from the phase 3 RESPONSE trial. The Food ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband (age 71) received a diagnosis of polycythemia vera a few years ago. I understand this variety of polycythemia isn’t caused by smoking, but we know that smoking does make it ...