The Outlook for JAK Inhibitors in Myelofibrosis

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Ayalew Tefferi, MD, hematologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the outlook for JAK inhibitors for patients with myelofibrosis.

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Ayalew Tefferi, MD, hematologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the outlook for JAK inhibitors for patients with myelofibrosis.

  • No JAK inhibitor can elicit PR or CR in myelofibrosis
  • JAK inhibitors have good palliative value and are able to help a patient gain weight and shrink their spleen
  • An oncologist wants to cure cancer or put it to sleep — JAK inhibitors will never rise to that level
  • There remains a need for pilot studies with innovative drugs that could potentially clear cancer
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