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Definition of myeloproliferative disorders: A group of slow growing blood cancers, including chronic myelogenous leukemia, in which large numbers of abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets grow and spread in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood.

For a brief explanation of myeloproliferative disorders, see What Are Myeloproliferative Disorders?

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Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Treatment
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Clinical Trials to Treat Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Treatment
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Clinical Trials to Treat Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic/ Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Treatment
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Clinical Trials to Treat Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Drugs Approved for Myeloproliferative Disorders

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