Hi Neel,
You know there are not many oral drugs for MDS – in India they don’t have so many clinical trials for MDS (like in Sweden where I live).
Your father could try Thalidomide or Revlimid – both should be combined with Prednisone the first 3 months for better response. Both these studies include low risk patients.
Thalidomide http://www.mdsbeacon.com/news/2009/0...-mds-eha-2009/
Thalidomide can give nerve damage but not so often if you only take 50 mg/day.
Revlimid http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrar..._than_deletion
Revlimid can decrease white blood cells and platelets initially. Then they now control if Revlimid can increase the risk for other types of cancer.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A