Acute myeloid leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also known as acute myelogenous leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL), is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. It is the rapid growth of uncommon white blood cells that build up in the bone marrow and harm the production of normal blood cells. AML is the most common acute leukemia affecting adults.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Media

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  Diagram showing the cells where AML develops.

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  Bone marrow: myeloblasts with Auer rods seen in AML

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  Relative incidence of acute myeloid leukemia subtypes by genetic changes.

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  Expected survival upon diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia in the United States

• Chromosomal translocation (9;11), associated with AML

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  Portrait of French surgeon and anatomist Alfred Velpeau (1795-1867)