Acute myeloid leukemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acute myeloid leukemia ( AML ), also known as acute myelogenous leukemia , is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells that acc...
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Contents of this page: ... Exams and Tests ... CML causes rapid growth of the blood-forming cells (myeloid precursors) in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and body tissues.
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells.
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Myeloid: Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and platelets. ... Synonymous with myelogenous. Acute myeloid leukemia is thus also known as acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Acute myeloid leukemia: A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being specifically those destined to give rise to the granulocytes or monocytes, both types of white blood cells that fight infections.
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) goes by many names, including acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia. "Acute" means that the leukemia can progress quickly, and if not treated, would probably be fatal in a few months.
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The general principles of therapy for children and adolescents with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are discussed below, followed by a more specific discussion of the treatment of children with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), Down syndrome, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML).
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Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of adult acute myeloid leukemia. ... General Information About Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia...
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While the issues of long term complications of cancer and its treatment cross many disease categories,there are several important issues that relate to the treatment of myeloid malignancies that are worth stressing. ... Classification of Pediatric Myeloid Malignancies...
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