Myelofibrosis is a rare type of bone marrow cancer. In this condition, extensive scarring (fibrosis) occurs in the bone marrow, which keeps the bone marrow from producing the right number of blood ...
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation is the only curative treatment for myelofibrosis. Driver mutations are the pathophysiological hallmark of the disease, but the role of mutation ...
Ten percent of all cancers are blood cancers, one of which is myelofibrosis that affects about 25,000 people in the United States. There are few drugs approved for treating it. But now ...
Panelists discuss how health care providers can optimize quality-of-life and treatment outcomes for patients with myelofibrosis through comprehensive symptom management, shared decision-making, and ...
“As a telomerase inhibitor, the potential of imetelstat to affect the malignant clone differentiates it from any other drug currently approved or in development for myelofibrosis treatmen ...
Myelofibrosis can affect people at any age, but it is most often diagnosed in people in their early 70s. Between 10% and 20% of people with myelofibrosis can go on to develop acute myeloid leukaemia.
GSK's cancer unit has been given a fillip by the FDA with a broader-than-expected approval for JAK inhibitor momelotinib for anaemia associated with myelofibrosis, acquired as part of its $1.9 ...
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it was adding eight (8) new presumptives for disabled veterans. These new presumptives are: acute and chronic ...