does an increase in thrombocytes indicate cancer??

Question

are there other conditions that cause increase in thrombocyes other than leukemia?

Answer 1

Thrombocytes are the blood platelets, that prevent bleeding by causing blood clots to form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platelets


Doctors sometimes take a blood sample and determine how many of different blood cells are present. Variations from the normal number, size, or maturity of the blood cells can be used to pick up an infection or the presence of a disease.

There are many diseases/disorders that can change the platelet counts in the blood, and cancer is just one of them (and not just leukemia), many involve some form of bleeding. A list can be found at the following websites

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/thrombocytosis.htm

and also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platelet

Ask your doctor for more information.

Answer 2

Thrombocytes are another word for platelets. They may increase, decrease, or not change at all when someone has cancer, including leukemias. Because they are made in the bone marrow and have an extremely short life, they are often destroyed by chemotherapy drugs.

Answer 3

no, there is also remarkable increase of thrombocytes in hemorrhagic thrombocythemia

Answer 4

you need to bypass see a hematologist. common polycythemia (polycythemia vera) is oftentimes linked with mutation in JAK-2. Your erythropoietin ranges ought to be quite suppressed. and you are able to desire a bone marrow biopsy, reckoning on the effect of alternative exams.