What is "acute myeloid leukemia" (AML)?

What is "acute myeloid leukemia" (AML)?

Acute myeloid leukaemia or acute myelogenous leukaemia, better referred to as AML, is one of the acute leukaemias that we treat. Better defined, the subtype of cell that's abnormal in acute myeloid leukaemia is the myeloid cell line. So, what is defined as the myeloid cell line? It is a cell line that gives rise to some of the white blood cells that help fight infection; the most common white blood cells that help fight infection. They have many subtypes of AML. There's M1 though M7; very different precursor cells, very different outcomes and very different treatments. The most important one to differentiate, between all the different subtypes, is the M3 which is the acute promyelocytic leukaemia. However, as a whole, the acute leukaemias are treated pretty much the same with cytotoxic chemotherapy with or without additional additives or additional therapies, and acute myeloid leukaemia is usually an extremely hard diagnosis to treat but cytotoxic chemotherapy can induce remissions and long terms survivals in many.