Myeloproliferative Disorders

We tend to think of cancer as acute. Get it out quickly, go through treatments, prevent it from spreading. But for those with a chronic cancer like an MPN, there isn’t a distinctive beginning, middle and end - Ruth Fein Revell

Myeloproliferative Disorders

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MPN Research Foundation

Partner. Advocate. Friend. At the MPN Research Foundation, we’re committed to standing with you in the fight against polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and myelofibrosis (MF) – the group of blood cancers collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms.

MPN Voice

MPN Voice offers a unique buddy system, supported by healthcare professionals, putting MPN patients in contact with other patients who can provide a sympathetic and supportive ear for when things are new, tough or confusing.

Myelofibrosis Research

Learn about research studies for a study medication targeting Myelofibrosis.

Jakafi

Jakafi is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with polycythemia vera who have already taken a medicine called hydroxyurea and it did not work well enough or they could not tolerate it. Jakafi is used to treat adults with certain types of myelofibrosis.

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Myeloproliferative disorders – sometimes called myeloproliferative neoplasms – are cancer-like diseases in which too many blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. This hinders the normal production of blood cells. The excess blood cells can also disrupt the function of the blood.

GARD

Chronic myeloproliferative disorders are a group of slow-growing blood cancers in which the bone marrow makes too many abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets, which accumulate in the blood.

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