Historical views, conventional approaches, and evolving management strategies for myeloproliferative neoplasms

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 424-434

  Stein, Brady L ^a   Gotlib, Jason ^b   Arcasoy, Murat ^c   Nguyen, Marie Huong ^d   Shah, Neil ^e   Moliterno, Alison ^f   Jamieson, Catriona ^g   Pollyea, Daniel A ^h   Scott, Bart ⁱ   Wadleigh, Martha ^j   Levine, Ross ^k   Komrokji, Rami ^l   Klisovic, Rebecca ^m   Gundabolu, Krishna ⁿ   Kropf, Patricia ^o   Wetzler, Meir ^p   Oh, Stephen T ^q   Ribeiro, Raul ^r   Paschal, Rita ^s   Mohan, Sanjay ^t   Podoltsev, Nikolai ^u   Prchal, Josef ^v   Talpaz, Moshe ^d   Snyder, David ^w   Verstovsek, Srdan ^x   Mesa, Ruben A ^y   more..

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^j DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^p ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^q USA   (United States)

^r ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^t VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^u YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^w CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^y MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALRETICULIN; JAK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; JANUS KINASE 2; MPL PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; GENETICS; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL; THROMBOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALRETICULIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; JANUS KINASES; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTORS, THROMBOPOIETIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84928039932     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2015.0058     Document Type: Review

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