Polycythemia vera is a slow growing blood cancer that happens in your bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones. It's usually caused by a gene mutation. Your bone marrow makes red blood cells ...

The current literature refutes the idea that delayed cord clamping causes symptomatic polycythemia and indicates ... term benefits for both mother and baby. The most consistent additional effects ...

CATHERINE M. BROOME: Polycythemia vera is a blood disorder that is associated with an increase in production of the red blood cells. But white blood cells and platelets may also be affected.

Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia are the most common chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms; their molecular basis has been appreciated only recently and is briefly discussed in this ...

Data from a phase III trial of Novartis' Jakavi has found it helps patients with the rare blood cancer, polycythemia vera. The positive results are welcome for Novartis, which should eventually ...

Right now, as I mentioned, our standard therapy for patients with polycythemia vera is to bring them in regularly and drain them of their blood. That is pretty archaic and sounds like something we ...