Leukemias are classified according to their acute and chronic progress as well as according to their lymphoid or myeloid cell origins. Acute myeloid leukemia is further classified into subtypes. Most ...

The systems in place for classification of cancer have historically been based on the type of tissue and primary site from which the cancer originates or the location in the body where cancer ...

Cytarabine with high-dose mitoxantrone induces rapid complete remissions in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia without the use of vincristine or prednisone. To determine the treatment outcome of ...

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a type of cancer that starts in your bone marrow (the soft, spongy tissue inside the bones that makes blood cells). AML is ...

—Classifying myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary acute myeloid leukemia by genetic mutations rather than strictly by blast count may allow more patients to be eligible for AML and MDS clinical ...