Acute myelocytic leukemia: A cancer of the blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow involving the proliferation of cells that normally develop into infection-fighting cells such as eosinophils, monocytes, basophils and neutrophils. The cancerous cells replace the normal bone marrow cells. Acute leukemia involves a more rapid proliferation of cancer cells compared to chronic forms of leukemia. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute myelocytic leukemia is available below.
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Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Acute myelocytic leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute myelocytic leukemia, or a subtype of Acute myelocytic leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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