“What we need in essential thrombocythemia are not just drugs that can control counts and symptoms, but can alter the disease’s course significantly,” Gerds said.

While in nursing school, a patient recognized potential signs of a blood disorder and advocated for further testing, leading to an early diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia.

Patients with essential thrombocythemia faced an average delay of 26.5 months between their first high platelet count and diagnosis.

A recent study suggests hemorrhagic events following essential thrombocythemia diagnosis are among the most significant predictors of early death.

PURPOSE: To examine the utility of polycythemia rubra vera-1 (PRV-1)–specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to discriminate essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia ...

To the authors’ knowledge, the study is the first to include a patient with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and MPL and Type 1 calreticulin gene mutations.