How to Use myelofibrosis in a Sentence

myelofibrosis

noun
  • The cause was myelofibrosis, a blood disorder, said a son, Robert Wiser.
    — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • The drug, fedratinib, treats certain kinds of a bone marrow cancer called myelofibrosis.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
  • About two years ago, Pamela Dobay received a stem-cell transplant to treat her myelofibrosis, a rare type of bone marrow cancer.
    — Katie Camero, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2020
  • His daughter, Gwynn Press Anidjar, said the cause was advanced myelofibrosis, a bone marrow cancer.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The deal was struck three months after Sierra’s lead drug, a treatment for the blood cancer myelofibrosis, succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022
  • And in 2022, he was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare form of bone marrow cancer and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.
    — Kareem Khadder, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The cause was complications of a stem cell transplant in 2013 to treat her myelofibrosis, a chronic form of leukemia, her partner, Steve Clicque, said.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Fedratinib targets a mutation called JAK2 that drives certain kinds of myelofibrosis.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Celgene is interested in Impact Biomedicines’ fedratinib, a kinase inhibitor that has shown promise as a potential treatment for a type of blood cancer called myelofibrosis, according to a statement put out jointly by both companies.
    — U-T News Services, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Continuing to chat about the wedding, Carter detailed how her daughter found special ways to include the memory of her late father, Robert Altman— who died in February 2021 from myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Continuing to chat about the wedding, Carter detailed how her daughter found special ways to include the memory of her late father, Robert Altman — who died in February 2021 from myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023

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