JAK inhibitors and myelofibrosis, Einstein and ruxolitinib

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Editorial

Claire Harrison. Haematologica. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;100(4):409-11.

doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.124099.

¹ Department of Hematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK claire.harrison@gstt.nhs.uk.

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Comment on

Efficacy, safety, and survival with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis: results of a median 3-year follow-up of COMFORT-I.
Verstovsek S, Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Levy RS, Gupta V, DiPersio JF, Catalano JV, Deininger MW, Miller CB, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner EO, Lyons RM, Raza A, Vaddi K, Sun W, Peng W, Sandor V, Kantarjian H; COMFORT-I investigators. Verstovsek S, et al. Haematologica. 2015 Apr;100(4):479-88. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.115840. Epub 2015 Jan 23. Haematologica. 2015. PMID: 25616577 Free PMC article.

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