title: [Long-term follow-up in polycythemia vera].
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hematology, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cohen-Goldenberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shpilberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Modan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chetrit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramot
mesh_terms: 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