Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

All about acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) including symptoms and causes, tests to diagnose AML, treatment including chemotherapy, intensive treatment (bone marrow or stem cell transplant) and current research. Living with acute myeloid leukaemia covers coping with your diagnosis, diet and exercise after treatment, recovering from a transplant and how AML and treatment may affect your sex life and fertility.

There are several other type of leukaemia, so please make sure you are in the right section. Go to our general leukaemia page if you are in any doubt.

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You can also find acute leukaemia organisations providing help and support, a reading list and see where this information comes from.

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Press release: Scientists find new drug target for hard-to-treat leukaemia: Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a promising new approach to treat a type of myeloid leukaemia - a cancer with limited treatment options and relatively poor survival, according to research published in Cancer Cell today.; 29 Mar 2012
Press release: Cancer Research UK launches trial of new drug to treat acute childhood leukaemia: Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new type of drug to treat children aged from six months to 18 years with acute leukaemia, who are no longer responding to treatment.; 27 Jan 2012
News: Faulty enzyme linked to certain brain tumours: US scientists have discovered that a faulty enzyme may contribute to the formation of some malignant brain tumours.; 23 Nov 2009