Inferior survival among polycythemia vera patients exhibiting body mass index reduction

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Posted Date October and collaborators from the Tulane University School of Medicine have published the Article: Inferior Survival Among Polycythemia Vera Patients Exhibiting Body Mass Index Reduction, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of December/31,/2016
  • what: The study determined in PV patients who lost weight, a BMI decrease of more than 10% from time of initial diagnosis to end of follow-up period, and present higher WBC develop worse OS relative to those who lost less than 10% without leukocytosis.

SUMMARY

    Polycythemia Vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) characterized . . .

     

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