Why Is Specialized Care Important for MPN Patients?
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Specialized myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) care is an option for many patients. Dr. Kristen Pettit from Rogel Cancer Center explains various ways that specialized MPN care can benefit patients and MPN conditions that specialists are commonly trained in.
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Transcript:
Dr. Kristen Pettit:
I do think it’s important for patients to have an MPN specialist in their corner when they’re living with an MPN, that things are moving very quickly in the MPN fields in all areas, from diagnosis to risk stratification, to treatment and management over time, as well as monitoring.
So I think having someone who focuses specifically and only on MPN to is up-to-date on the most recent literature and the most recent advances, I think is an important thing, even if that’s somebody that you only maybe see either in person or virtually once a year, once every other year, or just have available if anything changes in your disease course.
So most MPNs specialists are certified in both hematology and oncology, but most focus on really all of the MPNs, these are relatively rare conditions, so most MPNs specialists will focus on ET, PV, myelofibrosis, other rare MPNs such as chronic neutrophilic leukemia, and sometimes some of the other myeloid malignancies such as myelodysplastic syndrome, for example, but your MPN doctor most likely focuses on all of those different disorders and would be able to manage your care if heaven forbid, things progress down the road from one of those MPNs to another.
