Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Prevention & Screening

Understanding certain risk factors for acute myeloid leukemia may help to identify the disease more easily.

Prevention & Screening: Understanding AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow
The disease causes cells in the bone marrow that would be producing red and white blood cells and platelets to die off
Eventually, bone marrow begins to fill with cancer cells

Symptoms & Diagnosis

What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)?

Dr. Mikkael Sekeres
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Symptoms & Diagnosis

What Are The Risk Factors Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia?

Dr. Gail Roboz
Weill Cornell Medicine

Prevention & Screening: Understanding AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow
The disease causes cells in the bone marrow that would be producing red and white blood cells and platelets to die off
Eventually, bone marrow begins to fill with cancer cells

Assessing Your AML Risk

Prevetion & Screening

Do Benzene and Formaldehyde Cause Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)?

It's hard to say that something is a specific causal factor of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) because it's a disease that develops overtime. Many factors can go into helping the disease to form, Dr. George Yaghmour, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine, tells SurvivorNet. There are... Read More

Dr. George Yaghmour Keck School of Medicine - USC