MPN

Jakafi led to improved symptom score and spleen volume reductions in patients with myelofibrosis, regardless of anemia or transfusion status, recent research showed.

Watch Dr. Lucia Masarova, from MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuss risk stratifying patients with essential thrombocythemia during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Because MPNs can cause chronic disease that spans years or even decades, some patients need their significant other to become their caregiver.

Patients and their caregivers may benefit from community support and education following an MPN diagnosis

Treatments with JAK inhibitors are continuing to make their way into the MPN space, providing symptom relief, but not yet a cure.

Patients with MPNs should consult with their treating physician to individualize a healthy, nutritious diet to help ease symptoms.

Researchers may have uncovered new ways to help patients with accelerated-phase and blast-phase MPNs live longer by borrowing therapies from other blood cancers.

Some symptoms of myeloproliferative neoplasms are “pretty broad,” highlighting the importance of open communication with cancer teams to manage the symptoms and improve quality of life.

Two years after receiving FDA approval, Besremi is a preferred treatment option in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

A clinical trial studying an accelerated dose of Besremi recently kicked off.

One scientific development can lead to many more for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, a type of rare blood cancer, according to an expert.

After a patient is diagnosed with a rare disease such as a myeloproliferative neoplasm, learning about their condition and seeking expert clinicians can help put their mind at ease.

Dr. Naveen Pemmaraju outlines three reasons why he feels that there is “a momentum that’s unmistakable,” in the field of myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Mayra Andujar Delgado does not shy away from discussing her myelofibrosis diagnosis. In fact, the survivor becomes empowered by sharing her knowledge with others.

Earlier treatment with Jakafi showed promise in both improving survival and symptom burden in certain patients with myelofibrosis, though physicians often delay Jakafi treatment.

If approved by the FDA later this year, momelotinib could fulfill an area of unmet need for patients with myelofibrosis, according to an expert.

I was shocked when I was diagnosed with a myeloproliferative neoplasm, and have dedicated myself to learning about the disease since.

Centering their discussion on cornerstone therapies, expert hematologist-oncologists consider the treatment paradigms of essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera.

Watch Dr. Aaron Gerds and Dr. Andrew Kuykendall answer questions about myelofibrosis during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Andrew Kuykendall, from the Mofitt Cancer Center, discuss second-line treatments and beyond for patients with myelofibrosis during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Watch to Dr. Naveen Pemmaraju, from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuss frontline treatment options for patients with myelofibrosis during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Key opinion leaders highlight different testing and workup methods involved in making an accurate diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Experts Rami Komrokji, MD, and Ruben Mesa, MD, define myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and explain differences between essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV), and myelofibrosis (MF).

Watch Dr. Jamile Shammo and Dr. John Mascarenhas answer questions about polycythemia vera during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Research efforts will improve the lives of patients with myelofibrosis, though those advancements may take years to come, an expert said.

Watch Dr. John Mascarenhas, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss future treatments for polycythemia vera, during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Jamile M. Shammo, from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discuss current treatment options in polycythemia vera during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Aaron Gerds and Dr. Douglas Tremblay answer questions about essential thrombocythemia during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Douglas A. Tremblay, from Mount Sinai, discuss treatment for essential thrombocythemia during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Aaron T. Gerds, from Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, discuss essential thrombocythemia risk during the CURE Educated Patient MPN Summit.