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Blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasm: contemporary review and 2024 treatment algorithm.
Blood cancer journal - 18 Jul 2023
Tefferi Ayalew, Alkhateeb Hassan, Gangat Naseema
Abstract excerpt
Leukemic transformation in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), also referred to as "blast-phase MPN", is the most feared disease complication, with incidence estimates of 1-4% for essential thrombocythemia, 3-7% for polycythemia vera, and 9-13% for primary myelofibrosis. Diagnosis of MPN-BP requires the presence of ≥20% circulating or bone marrow blasts; a lower level of excess blasts (10-19%) constitutes...
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