by Heidi Cascarano “Watch and Wait…” What other cancer, in the 21st century, is so misunderstood that your local doctor will struggle to diagnose you, possibly tell you he has a few other patients with it, then advise you to do nothing but get a therapeutic phlebotomy and take a baby aspirin? You get online […]
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month
by David Wallace MPN Awareness for Blood Cancers in September Two quick items for news update: September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, this is our time to promote MPN – Blood Cancer Awareness….be sure to post one of the many excellent images floating around on your Facebook profile (MPN Research Foundation and LLS have some […]
PV Reporter Newsletter Feb 2015 – Mega News Day!
Well, what better way to kick off PV Reporter’s first newsletter of 2015! (yeah I know it is mid February:)….some big news on the MPN research front, new funding programs and a moving patient story. First up, let’s look at the new research – Mutation Order in Tumor Genes Affects Cancer Outcome. MPNs are particularly […]
Gary Vogt’s Rollercoaster Ride with Myelofibrosis
Publisher’s Intro by David Wallace I met Gary and Kathy Vogt by sheer coincidence while taking the shuttle bus from the San Francisco airport to our downtown hotel, in early December 2014. We were there for the MPN Heroes Award Event, while I was also covering the ASH conference for PV Reporter. Numerous things struck […]