Table 2.
Clinical need | Drugs/intervention | |
---|---|---|
Anemia | Corticosteroids Danazol Erythropoietic stimulating agent |
Thalidomide Pomalidomide Lenalidomide |
Symptomatic splenomegaly | Hydroxyurea Cladibrine, others |
Splenectomy |
Extramedulary hematopoiesis | Radiation therapy | |
Risk of thrombosis or recurrence | Low-dose Aspirin | Hydroxyurea |
Constitutional symptoms/quality of life | None specifically directed | |
Risk of leukemia transformation | None specifically directed | |
Improved survival | Allo stem cell transplantation? |