Acute Myeloid Leukemia: What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ) ?

What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)
What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) also known as Acute Myelogenous Leukemia is a malignant disease which is associated with bone marrow. In Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ) antecedents of hematopoietic are compromised in the beginning stage of its development. There are other subtypes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia which are differentiated from each other related to blood abnormalities with the existence of blast in bone marrow.

What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ) pathophysiology comprises of a maturational arrest of bone marrow cells in the beginning stages of development. There are many factors that are concerned with the causation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia which includes familial syndromes, antecedent hematologic disorders, drug exposures and environmental exposures.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia) mostly comes suddenly within days or weeks and it is not rear that patient become ill for months, it is also a possibility that patient have history of Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients showed up with symptoms which results in bone marrow failure, symptoms concerning organ infiltration with leukemic cells, or it may be both and the time is variable. Diagnosis for Acute Myeloid Leukemia includes bone marrow aspiration, blood tests, biopsy, analysis of genetic abnormalities, and diagnostic imaging.

What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ) recovery

In chemotherapy for this cancer, Only few patients can  recover from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia). Due to this patients should be trialed in well-designed clinical trials. If a clinical trial for Acute Myeloid Leukemia is not available than the patient should be treated with the therapy. The chemotherapy may leads to toxic effects on patient, therefore readmission is required to neutralize these effects.


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What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)

WHO-FAB Types and Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

Risk factors and Causes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Symptoms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

Diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

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