Myelofibrosis Diagnosis Quiz

Primary myelofibrosis means that the patient has not had another type of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN).

Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are MPNs that can worsen and become myelofibrosis.

Supportive care used to prevent or reduce symptoms related to cancer is not provided if the patient is going through standard treatment.

Scar tissue in the bone marrow can cause blood cell counts to increase in patients and scarring is always present in early myelofibrosis .

A myelofibrosis clinical trial is an option for all risk groups.