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A member asked:
Does it mean it is cancer if i have thrombocytopenia and have been taking prednisone for quite a while now, but the platelets keep getting low?
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Should know diagnosi: What is the diagnosis made by your treating doctors?. Please find out as there are many causes for low platelets. One of the common ones is called itp ( idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura). This is a chronic problem but it is not cancer. If the steroids do not help, the next best option of treatment is to remove the spleen(splenectomy) which can induce a remission. There are other new medical tr.
Answered 7/23/2013
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