Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Definition
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells.
Acute means the disease develops quickly.
See also:
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
- Leukemia
Symptoms
- Abnormal menstrual periods
- Bleeding from the nose
- Bleeding gums
- Bruising
- Bone pain or tenderness
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Paleness
- Shortness of breath (gets worse with exercise)
- Skin rash or lesion
- Swollen gums (rare)
- Weight loss
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