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Sure. But it's likely her blood tests pre-vax will show abnormalities that indicated PV that the doc didn't catch. This is pretty common with MPN-family cancers: Blood tests start looking a little off in a patient's 50s or 60s. Doc ignores it or chalks it up to age because levels because the results aren't THAT bad. Patient develops a clot. More investigation occurs, and the diagnosis is made.
MPNs are caused by genetic mutations that may lurk without causing symptoms for decades. They typically show up in late middle age.
Researchers are looking at a small subset of patients who develop an MPN in childhood or before age 40.