Stage 1 ET is manageable with early intervention, lifestyle changes, and treatments like low-dose aspirin and cytoreductive therapy to reduce clotting risk. Meta: Stage 1 essential thrombocythemia is ...

Some of the main goals of treatments for essential thrombocythemia include reducing disease progression and blood clots while improving symptom burden, but more treatments may be on the horizon ...

A routine blood test may pack a bigger punch than previously suspected, suggests a recent analysis of over 3 million Canadian patient records. A finding of thrombocytosis (platelet count >450 x 10 9 ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 33 years old and recently had an annual physical and routine blood work. I'm active with two children and feel fantastic, but my platelet count came back as 651. My health care ...

Change in platelet counts was a common phenomenon after major joint surgery, and elevated PLTC occurred in about half of the patients who were admitted to the rehabilitation centre. Thrombocytosis was ...

The predictive value of the MASCC score in patients with febrile neutropenia. Effects of various non-demographic variables on mortality and length of stay in stroke patients with history of ET.

Thrombocytosis, or raised platelet count, has been recognised as a significant positive predictor for malignancies, especially the LEGO cancers (lung, endometrium, gastric and oesophageal) in the NICE ...