[Long-term follow-up in polycythemia vera].
67 patients with polycythemia vera, diagnosed and treated between 1963-1990, were analyzed retrospectively. The mean follow-up was 7.4 +/- 5.1 years and median actuarial overall survival 23.6 years. 50% were treated with a single chemotherapeutic agent, and 46% with combinations of agents. In only 4% was phlebotomy the sole treatment. There were hematological complications in 18%, thromboses in 18%, and bleeding in 21%.
Cohen-Goldenberg
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Institute of Hematology, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Shpilberg
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O
Modan
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B
Chetrit
A
A
Ramot
B
B
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018962:Phlebotomy; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate