What is Acute myelocytic leukemia?
What is Acute myelocytic leukemia?
- Acute myelocytic leukemia: A cancer of the blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow involving the proliferation of cells that normally develop into infection-fighting cells such as eosinophils, monocytes, basophils and neutrophils. The cancerous cells replace the normal bone marrow cells. Acute leukemia involves a more rapid proliferation of cancer cells compared to chronic forms of leukemia.
- Acute myelocytic leukemia: acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Acute myelocytic leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute myelocytic leukemia, or a subtype of Acute myelocytic leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Acute myelocytic leukemia: Introduction
How serious is Acute myelocytic leukemia?
Complications of Acute myelocytic leukemia:
see complications of Acute myelocytic leukemia
What causes Acute myelocytic leukemia?
Causes of Acute myelocytic leukemia: see causes of Acute myelocytic leukemia
What are the symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia?
Symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia:
see symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia
Complications of Acute myelocytic leukemia:
see complications of Acute myelocytic leukemia
Acute myelocytic leukemia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Acute myelocytic leukemia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Acute myelocytic leukemia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Acute myelocytic leukemia:
see treatments for Acute myelocytic leukemia
Research for Acute myelocytic leukemia:
see research for Acute myelocytic leukemia
Name and Aliases of Acute myelocytic leukemia
Main name of condition: Acute myelocytic leukemia
Other names or spellings for Acute myelocytic leukemia:
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute, Leukemia, Nonlymphocytic, Acute, Acute myelogenous leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
Source - WordNet 2.1
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