Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5: A rare form of malignant bone marrow cancer involving the proliferation of immature precursors of blood cells. Type 5 involves the rapid proliferation of monoblasts (immature precursors of monocytes) in particular. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 is available below.
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Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5, or a subtype of Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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