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Acute Myeloid Leukemia is the most common leukemia in adults, comprising 80% of adult acute leukemias. The other 20% of AML patients are children. The incidence of AML increases with each decade of life with the median age of onset at 63 years old. People over the age of 70 are 12 times more likely to develop AML. Acute Myeloid Leukemia remains a rare condition with 12,000 new cases per year.<ref name="Pathology Text">Goodman CC, Fuller KS: Pathology: implications for the physical therapist, ed 3, Philadelphia, 2009, WB Saunders.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:47, 11 March 2014
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer involving the blood and bone marrow. The main cell involved in this disorder is myeloid stem cells which can become either red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets. In this disorder, Myeloid stem cells become a type of immature white blood cell called myeloblasts. These myeloblasts never become healthy white blood cells. Abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets begin to crowd in the bone marrow to prevent healthy cells from forming.[1]
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
Acute Myeloid Leukemia is the most common leukemia in adults, comprising 80% of adult acute leukemias. The other 20% of AML patients are children. The incidence of AML increases with each decade of life with the median age of onset at 63 years old. People over the age of 70 are 12 times more likely to develop AML. Acute Myeloid Leukemia remains a rare condition with 12,000 new cases per year.[2]
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- ↑ National Cancer Institute. Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment. National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Health. December 26, 2013. Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adultAML/Patient/page1, Accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ Goodman CC, Fuller KS: Pathology: implications for the physical therapist, ed 3, Philadelphia, 2009, WB Saunders.