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JAK2 Mutation - Effects and Questions

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jun 19 5:59am | Replies (303)

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ET stands for Essential Thrombocytosis. , I have this also and with a JAK2 mutation.
If I understand it correctly it is a form of blood cancer it makes your platlets over produce which can lead to a possible diagnosis of leukemia.
I take a drug called hydrea and it has decreased by platlets form 700000 to 380000.
I also get confused becaused according to my doctor its a fine line between ET and Leukemia.

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Hi Remo,
I also have ET w/Jak2. There are a lot of different opinions on this site. Best to talk w/your heme doc. Mine also said I do not have cancer.

What's the difference between polycythemia vera and just polycethemia? A lung specialist told me that "they had not yet found the cause of mine".