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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Definition
Common names:
  • Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
  • AML
  • Leukemia Acute Myelogenous
  • Myeloblastic Leukemia
  • Myelogenous Leukemia Acute
A person with acute myelogenous leukemia has cancer of the white blood cells. The white blood cells multiply out of control in the bone marrow, resulting in abnormally high numbers of white blood cells in the bloodstream. Images

Acute myelogenous leukemia is the most common type of leukemia in adults.

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Last Updated: Nov 18, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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