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Rising Platelets

Help4Sis
Help4Sis CSN Member Posts: 53
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Anyone have any problems with rising platelets on chemo? My sister has just had 2nd treatment, but, platelets rose from 240 to 600 after first round...... Onc said he won't worry about it until it reaches the 1000 (1 million) mark. Has anyone experienced this and what was done for it? Thanks.
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  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia CSN Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #2
    I hadn't heard of it, so, of course, I had to google it and found:

    "Rebound from chemotherapy
    Some chemotherapy drugs work directly on dividing cells in the body - including the bone marrow where platelets are made. When the body is recovering from the effects of chemotherapy, a temporary overproduction of some cells can occur."

    From:


    Reactive Thrombocytosis
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