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Ayalew Tefferi1, Hassan Alkhateeb2, Naseema Gangat2

  • 1Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. tefferi.ayalew@mayo.edu.

Blood cancer journal
|July 17, 2023
PubMed
概括

在骨髓增殖性新生瘤 (MPN) 中的白血病转变的预后不好. 同源干细胞移植可以改善存活率,针对性疗法如venetoclax和低甲基化剂对符合条件的患者显示有前途.

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