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Old Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:51 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Low HGB

Hi Paul!
If you look at the algorithm for MDS treatment you will see that a low risk patient with low HGB as the major problem often are treated with EPO drugs like Aranesp + eventually drugs like Neupogen if their own EPO initially is less than 500.
http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/124/18/2793

If that treatment fails they can try Vidaza.

Then we don't know if you have "no good" chromosome aberrations like problems with chromosome 7 or somatic mutations like TP53. If so it is important with a SCT even if you have low risk MDS.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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