Nadpłytkowość
Rokowania, prognozy i postęp choroby

Nadpłytkowość definiowana jako liczba płytek krwi >400 000/μl dzieli się na reaktywną i samoistną (ET). Nadpłytkowość reaktywna, będąca odpowiedzią na inne schorzenia, zwykle cechuje się dobrym rokowaniem, krótkotrwałym wzrostem płytek i niskim ryzykiem powikłań zakrzepowo-krwotocznych, nawet po splenektomii. W przeciwieństwie do niej, samoistna nadpłytkowość wiąże się z podwyższonym ryzykiem poważnych krwawień, zakrzepów, rozwoju zwłóknienia szpiku oraz transformacji do białaczki. Kontrola liczby płytek za pomocą terapii cytoredukcyjnej poprawia rokowanie i zapobiega powikłaniom. W ciąży u kobiet z ET leczenie pegylowanym interferonem (PEG-IFN) zwiększa odsetek żywych urodzeń i zmniejsza ryzyko poronień, umożliwiając jednocześnie kontrolę liczby płytek.

Nadpłytkowość – Rokowanie (przewidywanie wyników)

Nadpłytkowość (thrombocytosis) to stan charakteryzujący się podwyższoną liczbą płytek krwi powyżej 400 000/μl. Ocena rokowania w nadpłytkowości jest istotna, ponieważ zależy od typu nadpłytkowości oraz chorób współistniejących. Prognozy różnią się znacząco między nadpłytkowością reaktywną (wtórną) i samoistną (pierwotną).1

Rokowanie w nadpłytkowości reaktywnej

Nadpłytkowość reaktywna, będąca reakcją organizmu na inny stan chorobowy, zazwyczaj nie stanowi bezpośredniego zagrożenia życia. Rokowanie zależy przede wszystkim od schorzenia podstawowego:2

  • Rokowanie jest zazwyczaj dobre, gdy przyczyna podstawowa zostanie zidentyfikowana i leczona
  • Podwyższone wartości płytek utrzymują się zwykle przez krótki czas
  • Ryzyko nieprawidłowego krzepnięcia krwi w nadpłytkowości reaktywnej jest stosunkowo niskie
  • Po splenektomii może wystąpić długotrwała nadpłytkowość, która zazwyczaj nie prowadzi do nieprawidłowego krzepnięcia krwi3

Rokowanie w nadpłytkowości samoistnej

Samoistna nadpłytkowość (ET – essential thrombocythemia) wiąże się z poważniejszym rokowaniem i wyższym ryzykiem powikłań:4

Kontrolowanie liczby płytek krwi za pomocą odpowiednich leków może pomóc w zapobieganiu poważnym powikłaniom i poprawić rokowanie.6

Nadpłytkowość – rokowanie w chorobach nowotworowych

Badania systematyczne i metaanalizy wykazały, że przedlecznicza nadpłytkowość jest istotnym czynnikiem prognostycznym w wielu nowotworach:78

W raku endometrium:

W raku jelita grubego u pacjentów azjatyckich:

  • Nadpłytkowość wiąże się z gorszym przeżyciem całkowitym (HR = 1,88; 95% CI: 1,24-2,85; P = 0,003 w analizach jednowymiarowych)
  • W analizach wielowymiarowych HR wynosi 2,07 (95% CI: 1,23-3,56; P = 0,008)
  • Przeżycie wolne od choroby – HR = 2,58 (95% CI: 1,87-3,57; P < 0,00001)
  • Przeżycie specyficzne dla raka – HR = 2,55 (95% CI: 1,68-3,85; P < 0,00001)12

W raku szyjki macicy:

  • Podwyższona liczba płytek krwi istotnie wiąże się z gorszym przeżyciem całkowitym (OS, HR: 1,66, 95% CI: 1,42-1,95, P < 0,001)
  • Gorsze przeżycie wolne od nawrotu (RFS, HR: 1,67, 95% CI: 1,15-2,42, P = 0,007)
  • Brak istotnego związku z przeżyciem wolnym od progresji (PFS, HR: 1,21, 95% CI: 0,89-1,64; P = 0,235)
  • Nadpłytkowość przedlecznicza wiąże się z wyższym stadium klinicznym (OR: 2,39, 95% CI: 1,68-3,38, P < 0,001), dodatnim statusem węzłów miednicznych (OR: 1,58, 95% CI: 1,01-2,45, P = 0,044) i większym rozmiarem guza (OR: 2,32, 95% CI: 1,39-3,87, P = 0,001)1314

Nadpłytkowość jako biomarker prognostyczny

Liczba płytek krwi może służyć jako użyteczny biomarker prognostyczny w różnych chorobach:15

  • Badania wykazały, że nadpłytkowość (definowana jako liczba płytek krwi >400 000/μl) występuje u 15-40% pacjentów z nowotworami jelita grubego, piersi, płuc, nerek, szyjki macicy, trzustki, mózgu i jajnika
  • Przydatność prognostyczna polega na analizie nie tylko pojedynczego pomiaru, ale także zmienności liczby płytek w czasie
  • Analiza nieprawidłowej liczby płytek krwi do roku przed diagnozą nowotworu może lepiej różnicować pacjentów o podobnym stadium nowotworu pod względem prawdopodobieństwa pięcioletniego przeżycia1617

Paradoks nadpłytkowości w COVID-19

Interesujące zjawisko zaobserwowano u pacjentów z COVID-19, gdzie nadpłytkowość wiązała się z lepszym rokowaniem, ale wyższym ryzykiem powikłań zakrzepowych:18

  • Pacjenci z nadpłytkowością doświadczali znacznie lepszego przeżycia całkowitego w porównaniu do pacjentów z normalną liczbą płytek (HR 0,75; P=0,016) i małopłytkowością (HR 0,47; P=0,001)
  • Śmiertelność wewnątrzszpitalna wynosiła odpowiednio 24,1%, 31,5% i 45,6%
  • Stopniowo poprawiające się przeżycie obserwowano u pacjentów z wyższą liczbą płytek krwi (P=0,001 dla różnicy i P=0,001 dla trendu)
  • Wyższa liczba płytek wiązała się z niższym wskaźnikiem sepsy bakteryjnej, podkreślając ich ważną rolę w układzie odpornościowym
  • Częstość żylnej choroby zakrzepowo-zatorowej (VTE) była znacząco wyższa wśród pacjentów z COVID-19 z wyższą liczbą płytek krwi1920

Nadpłytkowość samoistna w ciąży

Ciężarne kobiety z samoistną nadpłytkowością (ET) mają wyższe ryzyko powikłań ciążowych:21

  • Wcześniejsze badania opisowe ciąży u kobiet z ET sugerowały ryzyko poronienia w pierwszym trymestrze na poziomie 27%, z odsetkiem żywych urodzeń wynoszącym tylko 64%
  • Leczenie interferonami pegylowanymi (PEG-IFN) wydaje się poprawiać rokowanie:
  • W badaniu obejmującym 10 ciąż u 8 kobiet z ET, 90% zakończyło się żywym urodzeniem, a tylko 10% poronieniem
  • Zaobserwowano znacząco więcej żywych urodzeń przy stosowaniu PEG-IFN (9 vs 3; P < 0,05) i mniej poronień (1 vs 5; P < 0,05) w porównaniu z brakiem takiego leczenia
  • PEG-IFN pozwala na kontrolę liczby płytek krwi podczas ciąży2223

Czynniki wpływające na rokowanie w nadpłytkowości

Kilka kluczowych czynników wpływa na rokowanie pacjentów z nadpłytkowością:24

  • Przyczyna nadpłytkowości – rokowanie jest lepsze w nadpłytkowości reaktywnej niż samoistnej
  • Stopień podwyższenia liczby płytek – wyższe wartości mogą wiązać się z większym ryzykiem powikłań zakrzepowych lub krwotocznych
  • Choroby współistniejące – obecność innych chorób, szczególnie nowotworowych, znacząco pogarsza rokowanie
  • Wiek pacjenta – starsi pacjenci zwykle mają gorsze rokowanie
  • Występowanie powikłań zakrzepowych lub krwotocznych – powikłania te są istotnymi czynnikami ryzyka zgonu25

W samoistnej nadpłytkowości długotrwała kontrola liczby płytek za pomocą leków cytoredukcyjnych może znacząco poprawić rokowanie i zapobiec powikłaniom.26

Nadpłytkowość stanowi istotny czynnik prognostyczny w wielu chorobach, szczególnie w nowotworach. Ocena liczby płytek krwi oraz jej zmienności w czasie może dostarczyć cennych informacji na temat przebiegu choroby i rokowania pacjenta. W zależności od kontekstu chorobowego, nadpłytkowość może być markerem negatywnego rokowania (nowotwory) lub paradoksalnie korzystnego przebiegu (COVID-19).272829

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Materiały źródłowe

  • #1 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    In severe cases, thrombocytosis can cause dangerous clots in your blood vessels, increasing your risk of a stroke or heart attack. […] Your experience of thrombocytosis, including its seriousness and whether you need treatment, depends on its cause. […] High platelets aren’t life-threatening, but the complications that can result from the condition blood clots or severe bleeding can be. […] The most common causes of thrombocytosis are short-lived and don’t put you at risk of serious blood clots. The risk is greater with essential thrombocytosis. Still, your healthcare provider will monitor you closely, prescribe medications and perform necessary procedures to prevent harmful blood clots. […] Reactive thrombocytosis gets better when the underlying problem resolves. Although your platelet count is elevated for a short time (or even long-term after splenectomy), secondary thrombocytosis doesn’t typically lead to abnormal blood clotting.
  • #2 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    In severe cases, thrombocytosis can cause dangerous clots in your blood vessels, increasing your risk of a stroke or heart attack. […] Your experience of thrombocytosis, including its seriousness and whether you need treatment, depends on its cause. […] High platelets aren’t life-threatening, but the complications that can result from the condition blood clots or severe bleeding can be. […] The most common causes of thrombocytosis are short-lived and don’t put you at risk of serious blood clots. The risk is greater with essential thrombocytosis. Still, your healthcare provider will monitor you closely, prescribe medications and perform necessary procedures to prevent harmful blood clots. […] Reactive thrombocytosis gets better when the underlying problem resolves. Although your platelet count is elevated for a short time (or even long-term after splenectomy), secondary thrombocytosis doesn’t typically lead to abnormal blood clotting.
  • #3 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    In severe cases, thrombocytosis can cause dangerous clots in your blood vessels, increasing your risk of a stroke or heart attack. […] Your experience of thrombocytosis, including its seriousness and whether you need treatment, depends on its cause. […] High platelets aren’t life-threatening, but the complications that can result from the condition blood clots or severe bleeding can be. […] The most common causes of thrombocytosis are short-lived and don’t put you at risk of serious blood clots. The risk is greater with essential thrombocytosis. Still, your healthcare provider will monitor you closely, prescribe medications and perform necessary procedures to prevent harmful blood clots. […] Reactive thrombocytosis gets better when the underlying problem resolves. Although your platelet count is elevated for a short time (or even long-term after splenectomy), secondary thrombocytosis doesn’t typically lead to abnormal blood clotting.
  • #4 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    Essential thrombocythemia (ET), or primary thrombocytosis, can cause serious bleeding or clotting complications. Taking medicine that keeps your platelet levels normal can help prevent this. After many years of having the disease, however, bone marrow fibrosis (scarring) can develop. A small percentage of people with essential thrombocythemia develop leukemia.
  • #5 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    Essential thrombocythemia (ET), or primary thrombocytosis, can cause serious bleeding or clotting complications. Taking medicine that keeps your platelet levels normal can help prevent this. After many years of having the disease, however, bone marrow fibrosis (scarring) can develop. A small percentage of people with essential thrombocythemia develop leukemia.
  • #6 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    Essential thrombocythemia (ET), or primary thrombocytosis, can cause serious bleeding or clotting complications. Taking medicine that keeps your platelet levels normal can help prevent this. After many years of having the disease, however, bone marrow fibrosis (scarring) can develop. A small percentage of people with essential thrombocythemia develop leukemia.
  • #7 Pretreatment thrombocytosis predict poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Cancer | Full Text
    https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-018-5264-y
    Overall, 11 studies involving 3439 patients were contained in this study. The results revealed that pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly related to a decreased OS (pooled HR=2.99; 95% CI=2.353.8; P0.001) and DFS (pooled HR=2.86; 95% CI=2.273.6; P 0.001) in patients with EC. […] Pretreatment thrombocytosis is an adverse prognostic marker in patients with EC. […] Our results demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts a worse OS and DFS in patients with EC. […] According to our findings, pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly associated with advanced FIGO stage, tumor grade, LVSI, LN metastasis, recurrence, and VTE. […] In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis is correlated with poor survival outcome and adverse clinicopathological parameters in EC, and thrombocytosis is a potential prognosis predictor for EC.
  • #8 Pretreatment thrombocytosis predict poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6332560/
    Pretreatment thrombocytosis is an adverse prognostic marker in patients with EC. […] The results revealed that pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly related to a decreased OS (pooled HR=2.99; 95% CI=2.353.8; P 0.001) and DFS (pooled HR=2.86; 95% CI=2.273.6; P 0.001) in patients with EC. […] Our results demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts a worse OS and DFS in patients with EC. […] According to our findings, pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly associated with advanced FIGO stage, tumor grade, LVSI, LN metastasis, recurrence, and VTE. […] In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis is correlated with poor survival outcome and adverse clinicopathological parameters in EC, and thrombocytosis is a potential prognosis predictor for EC.
  • #9 Pretreatment thrombocytosis predict poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Cancer | Full Text
    https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-018-5264-y
    Overall, 11 studies involving 3439 patients were contained in this study. The results revealed that pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly related to a decreased OS (pooled HR=2.99; 95% CI=2.353.8; P0.001) and DFS (pooled HR=2.86; 95% CI=2.273.6; P 0.001) in patients with EC. […] Pretreatment thrombocytosis is an adverse prognostic marker in patients with EC. […] Our results demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts a worse OS and DFS in patients with EC. […] According to our findings, pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly associated with advanced FIGO stage, tumor grade, LVSI, LN metastasis, recurrence, and VTE. […] In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis is correlated with poor survival outcome and adverse clinicopathological parameters in EC, and thrombocytosis is a potential prognosis predictor for EC.
  • #10 Pretreatment thrombocytosis predict poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6332560/
    Pretreatment thrombocytosis is an adverse prognostic marker in patients with EC. […] The results revealed that pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly related to a decreased OS (pooled HR=2.99; 95% CI=2.353.8; P 0.001) and DFS (pooled HR=2.86; 95% CI=2.273.6; P 0.001) in patients with EC. […] Our results demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts a worse OS and DFS in patients with EC. […] According to our findings, pretreatment thrombocytosis was significantly associated with advanced FIGO stage, tumor grade, LVSI, LN metastasis, recurrence, and VTE. […] In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated that pretreatment thrombocytosis is correlated with poor survival outcome and adverse clinicopathological parameters in EC, and thrombocytosis is a potential prognosis predictor for EC.
  • #11
    https://d-nb.info/1176829041/34
    Pretreatment thrombocytosis predict poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • #12 Thrombocytosis predicts poor prognosis of Asian patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9439792/
    Thrombocytosis was associated with a poorer overall survival (HR of 1.88 [95% CI: 1.24-2.85; P = .003] with univariate analyses, HR of 2.07 [95% CI: 1.23-3.56; P = .008] with multivariate analyses), disease-free survival (HR of 2.58 [95% CI: 1.87-3.57; P < .00001] with multivariate analyses) and cancer specific survival (HR of 2.55 [95% CI: 1.68-3.85; P < .00001]) in Asian patients with CRC. [...] The present meta-analysis demonstrates that thrombocytosis is a potentially useful tool for predicting poor survival in Asian patients with CRC, especially for overall survival. [...] Our meta-analysis of 13 independent studies with 3964 CRC cases unequivocally supported that thrombocytosis predicted a poorer survival of Asian CRC patients based on OS in both univariate and multivariate analyses and DFS and CSS in multivariate analysis. [...] This meta-analysis provided strong evidence to support claims that thrombocytosis was an independent prognostic factor in predicting survival of Asian CRC patients.
  • #13 The association of pretreatment thrombocytosis with prognosis and clinicopathological significance in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Oncotarget
    https://www.oncotarget.com/article/15358/text/
    Previous studies reported inconsistent findings about the relationship between pretreatment thrombocytosis and survival in patients with cervical cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of thrombocytosis in cervical cancer. Overall, an elevated platelet count was significantly associated with inferior overall survival (OS, hazard ratio [HR]: 1.66, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.421.95, P 0.001) and recurrence-free survival (RFS, HR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.152.42, P = 0.007) but not progression-free survival (PFS, HR: 1.21, 95% CI: 0.891.64; P = 0.235). […] Moreover, a pretreatment thrombocytosis status was significantly associated with higher clinical stage (odd ratio [OR]: 2.39, 95% CI: 1.683.38, P 0.001), positive pelvic node status (OR: 1.58, 95% CI: 1.01 2.45, P = 0.044) and larger tumor size (OR: 2.32, 95% CI: 1.393.87, P = 0.001). Pretreatment thrombocytosis is an independent prognosis predictor in cervical cancer patients. It may be used as a readily available biomarker to refine clinical outcome prediction for cervical cancer patients.
  • #14 The association of pretreatment thrombocytosis with prognosis and clinicopathological significance in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Oncotarget
    https://www.oncotarget.com/article/15358/text/
    In the present study, the results indicated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts poor oncologic outcome for patients with cervical cancer, which is accordance with a previous study. The results presented that patients with pretreatment thrombocytosis in cervical cancer are prone to suffer a poor OS and RFS. […] Our findings also identified that cervical cancer patients with pretreatment elevated platelet count are prone to suffer a higher clinical stage, positive pelvic node metastasis and a larger tumor size, which are indicative of poor prognosis and disease aggressiveness. So platelet count is a solid prognostic factor in cervical cancer. […] Despite the limitations described above, our comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis reveals that pretreatment thrombocytosis is significantly associated with inferior OS and RFS in cervical cancer patients. It may be used as a readily available biomarker supplying conventional clinicopathological variables to refine clinical outcome prediction for cervical cancer patients, though large prospective studies are needed to demonstrate our findings.
  • #15 A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25019-1
    Platelets, components of hemostasis, when present in excess (400K/L, thrombocytosis) have also been associated with worse outcomes in lung, ovarian, breast, renal, and colorectal cancer patients. […] Our study indicates the association of temporally derived platelet count features with a patients prognosis predictions. […] Thrombocytosis, defined as a platelet count of 400K/L of blood, has been observed in cancer patients and it associates with poor prognosis in colorectal, breast, lung, renal, cervical, pancreatic, brain and ovarian cancers with a 15-40% occurrence. […] Our model incorporated many engineered features that would describe the behavior of the platelet counts within a given time period. […] It remains unknown whether the raised platelet counts are related to the cancer itself.
  • #16 A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25019-1
    Platelets, components of hemostasis, when present in excess (400K/L, thrombocytosis) have also been associated with worse outcomes in lung, ovarian, breast, renal, and colorectal cancer patients. […] Our study indicates the association of temporally derived platelet count features with a patients prognosis predictions. […] Thrombocytosis, defined as a platelet count of 400K/L of blood, has been observed in cancer patients and it associates with poor prognosis in colorectal, breast, lung, renal, cervical, pancreatic, brain and ovarian cancers with a 15-40% occurrence. […] Our model incorporated many engineered features that would describe the behavior of the platelet counts within a given time period. […] It remains unknown whether the raised platelet counts are related to the cancer itself.
  • #17 A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25019-1
    What is important is that the presence of elevated platelet counts is associated with a worse prognosis. […] Our analysis showed that abnormal platelet counts up to a year prior to the diagnosis of cancer was better able to delineate patients with similar stage cancers and probability for five-year survival. […] Overall, we delineated temporal platelet count variability and found that predictions leveraging temporal platelet count information, as opposed to just measuring platelet counts around the time of treatment, can improve prognosis predictions in a stage and type of cancer-dependent manner.
  • #18 Thrombocytosis in COVID-19 patients without myeloproliferative neoplasms is associated with better prognosis but higher rate of venous thromboembolism | Blood Cancer Journal
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-021-00585-2
    Patients with thrombocytosis experienced significantly better overall survival in comparison to both patients with normal platelet count (hazard ratio HR 0.75; P=0.016) and thrombocytopenia (HR 0.47; P=0.001) with in-hospital mortality rates of 24.1%, 31.5%, and 45.6%, respectively. […] Gradually improving overall survival could be observed in patients with higher platelets, even with further subdivision of patients with low, normal, and elevated platelet count as shown in Fig. 1B (P=0.001 for difference and P=0.001 for trend; platelets stratified to 50, 50-99, 100-149, 150-299, 300-449, 450-599 and 600-109/L). […] Higher platelets were also associated with a lower rate of bacterial sepsis highlighting their important role in the immune system. It is of special interest that the frequency of VTE was significantly higher among COVID-19 patients with higher platelet count.
  • #19 Thrombocytosis in COVID-19 patients without myeloproliferative neoplasms is associated with better prognosis but higher rate of venous thromboembolism | Blood Cancer Journal
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-021-00585-2
    Patients with thrombocytosis experienced significantly better overall survival in comparison to both patients with normal platelet count (hazard ratio HR 0.75; P=0.016) and thrombocytopenia (HR 0.47; P=0.001) with in-hospital mortality rates of 24.1%, 31.5%, and 45.6%, respectively. […] Gradually improving overall survival could be observed in patients with higher platelets, even with further subdivision of patients with low, normal, and elevated platelet count as shown in Fig. 1B (P=0.001 for difference and P=0.001 for trend; platelets stratified to 50, 50-99, 100-149, 150-299, 300-449, 450-599 and 600-109/L). […] Higher platelets were also associated with a lower rate of bacterial sepsis highlighting their important role in the immune system. It is of special interest that the frequency of VTE was significantly higher among COVID-19 patients with higher platelet count.
  • #20 Thrombocytosis in COVID-19 patients without myeloproliferative neoplasms is associated with better prognosis but higher rate of venous thromboembolism | Blood Cancer Journal
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-021-00585-2
    These findings highly resemble phenomena reported in MPN patients with COVID-19 where patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) who presented with higher platelet count in comparison to other MPN subsets were reported to have a higher risk for VTE but favorable disease course. […] Hence, our data suggest that these observations might not be MPN-specific and could represent biological phenomena present in patients with non-clonally elevated platelet count as well.
  • #21
    https://haematologica.org/article/view/7718
    Pregnant woman with essential thrombocythemia (ET) are at higher than normal risk of pregnancy complications. […] From our case series, including 10 pregnancies, we demonstrate that PEG-IFN has been well-tolerated, allows reduction and control of platelet count during pregnancy, and is associated with a high live birth rate (90%) and low miscarriage rate (10%). […] Previous descriptive studies of pregnancy in women with ET suggested a risk of first trimester miscarriage of 27% with a live birth rate of only 64%. […] The study included 10 pregnancies in 8 women observed between 2013 and 2015. […] Of the 10 pregnancies, all were singleton. Nine (90%) resulted in live birth and one (10%) in miscarriage (at 7 weeks, platelet count 49210/L). […] Finally, when comparing outcomes of pregnancies of these 8 women on PEG-IFN or without (after having excluded 1 voluntary termination of pregnancy from the analysis), there were significantly more live births on PEG-IFN (9 vs. 3; P<0.05) and fewer miscarriages (1 vs. 5; P<0.05).
  • #22
    https://haematologica.org/article/view/7718
    Pregnant woman with essential thrombocythemia (ET) are at higher than normal risk of pregnancy complications. […] From our case series, including 10 pregnancies, we demonstrate that PEG-IFN has been well-tolerated, allows reduction and control of platelet count during pregnancy, and is associated with a high live birth rate (90%) and low miscarriage rate (10%). […] Previous descriptive studies of pregnancy in women with ET suggested a risk of first trimester miscarriage of 27% with a live birth rate of only 64%. […] The study included 10 pregnancies in 8 women observed between 2013 and 2015. […] Of the 10 pregnancies, all were singleton. Nine (90%) resulted in live birth and one (10%) in miscarriage (at 7 weeks, platelet count 49210/L). […] Finally, when comparing outcomes of pregnancies of these 8 women on PEG-IFN or without (after having excluded 1 voluntary termination of pregnancy from the analysis), there were significantly more live births on PEG-IFN (9 vs. 3; P<0.05) and fewer miscarriages (1 vs. 5; P<0.05).
  • #23
    https://haematologica.org/article/view/7718
    This observational study (including 10 pregnancies in 8 ET patients) is the first case series of pregnant women treated with PEG-IFN evaluating pregnancy outcome, tolerance and safety. […] In terms of hematologic efficacy, platelet counts were well controlled with PEG-IFN, during pregnancy. […] Current guidelines recommend using IFN as first-line for high-risk pregnant patients. […] Our results highlight efficacy, safety and good tolerance of PEG-IFN, which could be an effective and safe alternative to IFN for pregnant woman with ET requiring cytoreduction.
  • #24 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    In severe cases, thrombocytosis can cause dangerous clots in your blood vessels, increasing your risk of a stroke or heart attack. […] Your experience of thrombocytosis, including its seriousness and whether you need treatment, depends on its cause. […] High platelets aren’t life-threatening, but the complications that can result from the condition blood clots or severe bleeding can be. […] The most common causes of thrombocytosis are short-lived and don’t put you at risk of serious blood clots. The risk is greater with essential thrombocytosis. Still, your healthcare provider will monitor you closely, prescribe medications and perform necessary procedures to prevent harmful blood clots. […] Reactive thrombocytosis gets better when the underlying problem resolves. Although your platelet count is elevated for a short time (or even long-term after splenectomy), secondary thrombocytosis doesn’t typically lead to abnormal blood clotting.
  • #25 Thrombocytosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13350-thrombocytosis
    In severe cases, thrombocytosis can cause dangerous clots in your blood vessels, increasing your risk of a stroke or heart attack. […] Your experience of thrombocytosis, including its seriousness and whether you need treatment, depends on its cause. […] High platelets aren’t life-threatening, but the complications that can result from the condition blood clots or severe bleeding can be. […] The most common causes of thrombocytosis are short-lived and don’t put you at risk of serious blood clots. The risk is greater with essential thrombocytosis. Still, your healthcare provider will monitor you closely, prescribe medications and perform necessary procedures to prevent harmful blood clots. […] Reactive thrombocytosis gets better when the underlying problem resolves. Although your platelet count is elevated for a short time (or even long-term after splenectomy), secondary thrombocytosis doesn’t typically lead to abnormal blood clotting.
  • #26
    https://haematologica.org/article/view/7718
    This observational study (including 10 pregnancies in 8 ET patients) is the first case series of pregnant women treated with PEG-IFN evaluating pregnancy outcome, tolerance and safety. […] In terms of hematologic efficacy, platelet counts were well controlled with PEG-IFN, during pregnancy. […] Current guidelines recommend using IFN as first-line for high-risk pregnant patients. […] Our results highlight efficacy, safety and good tolerance of PEG-IFN, which could be an effective and safe alternative to IFN for pregnant woman with ET requiring cytoreduction.
  • #27 The association of pretreatment thrombocytosis with prognosis and clinicopathological significance in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Oncotarget
    https://www.oncotarget.com/article/15358/text/
    In the present study, the results indicated that pretreatment thrombocytosis predicts poor oncologic outcome for patients with cervical cancer, which is accordance with a previous study. The results presented that patients with pretreatment thrombocytosis in cervical cancer are prone to suffer a poor OS and RFS. […] Our findings also identified that cervical cancer patients with pretreatment elevated platelet count are prone to suffer a higher clinical stage, positive pelvic node metastasis and a larger tumor size, which are indicative of poor prognosis and disease aggressiveness. So platelet count is a solid prognostic factor in cervical cancer. […] Despite the limitations described above, our comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis reveals that pretreatment thrombocytosis is significantly associated with inferior OS and RFS in cervical cancer patients. It may be used as a readily available biomarker supplying conventional clinicopathological variables to refine clinical outcome prediction for cervical cancer patients, though large prospective studies are needed to demonstrate our findings.
  • #28 A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25019-1
    What is important is that the presence of elevated platelet counts is associated with a worse prognosis. […] Our analysis showed that abnormal platelet counts up to a year prior to the diagnosis of cancer was better able to delineate patients with similar stage cancers and probability for five-year survival. […] Overall, we delineated temporal platelet count variability and found that predictions leveraging temporal platelet count information, as opposed to just measuring platelet counts around the time of treatment, can improve prognosis predictions in a stage and type of cancer-dependent manner.
  • #29 Thrombocytosis in COVID-19 patients without myeloproliferative neoplasms is associated with better prognosis but higher rate of venous thromboembolism | Blood Cancer Journal
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-021-00585-2
    Patients with thrombocytosis experienced significantly better overall survival in comparison to both patients with normal platelet count (hazard ratio HR 0.75; P=0.016) and thrombocytopenia (HR 0.47; P=0.001) with in-hospital mortality rates of 24.1%, 31.5%, and 45.6%, respectively. […] Gradually improving overall survival could be observed in patients with higher platelets, even with further subdivision of patients with low, normal, and elevated platelet count as shown in Fig. 1B (P=0.001 for difference and P=0.001 for trend; platelets stratified to 50, 50-99, 100-149, 150-299, 300-449, 450-599 and 600-109/L). […] Higher platelets were also associated with a lower rate of bacterial sepsis highlighting their important role in the immune system. It is of special interest that the frequency of VTE was significantly higher among COVID-19 patients with higher platelet count.