Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer that affects the blood stem cells. It is a rapid-growing cancer of the blood and the bone marrow. In AML, the white blood cells (WBCs) do not develop completely but multiply in large number. These immature WBCs crowd the bone marrow, preventing it from making normal red blood cells and platelets that body needs. This causes the body lose its immunity and making more it vulnerable to disease.
Causes and Risk factors:
It
happens when the DNA of the developing cells in bone marrow is damaged but the
cause for this damage is unknown.
There
are some factors which may increase your chances in getting AML.
Please note
that having one or more risk factors does not mean you will 100% get AML.
People with no such factors have also developed AML. The following is only a
guide to say what may cause and may lower the risk of developing.
- Smoking: The most common cause for any cancer is smoking. It increases the chances by double or triple but decreases if you stop it.
- Chemotherapy: Patients who have had the treatment for chemotherapy have slightly increased risk that may lead to AML many years later. The risk chance decreases as time passes since the treatment.
- Electromagnetic Radiation: There
are some studies which show that exposure to high levels of EMR may increase
the risk. This is not conclusive as the cause might not be the exposure but
some other factor because very few people are exposed to high level of
radiation.
- Blood disorders: People with the blood disorder are most likely to develop AML than people without the disorder.
Treatment for AML:
The most typical treatment is
chemotherapy. For some patients this treatment alone may bring long term
remission where the patient is symptom free. But for others this may not
suffice. These patients might need a bone marrow transplant in their early
stage for a long-term remission or probably a cure.
Some of the patients of our support
group have provided valuable information regarding the treatment for AML. It is
as follows-
- Positive feedback on BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi.Name of the doctor-Dr Dharma director of Haemato Oncology.
- One of our member’s parent has successfully undergone bone marrow transplant from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre. The hospital also helps the patients in getting a match from the registries for stem cell transplant.
- Tata Medical Center(TMC),Kolkatta and Tata memorial Hospital(TMH), Mumbai are also a good option.
The above feedback is given by the members of
our patients support community. Please take your choice wisely after reading
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