What is acute myeloid leukemia?

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a blood cancer where there are too many of a specific type of white blood cell called a myeloblast. AML has a number of subtypes that are distinguished from each other by cell type.

How do members experience acute myeloid leukemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with acute myeloid leukemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for acute myeloid leukemia*

*Data from patients with acute myeloid leukemia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with acute myeloid leukemia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Cytosar-U)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
acute myeloid leukemia (1)

*Data from patients with acute myeloid leukemia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has acute myeloid leukemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 1
30s 17
40s 22
50s 36
60s 37
70+ 45

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 63
Female 97