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myeloblastic leukemia

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Noun1.myeloblastic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream
cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer


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AML is also known by the following names-acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
Results published in the November 2004 issue of Public Health Records suggested a link between breast-feeding and a lower risk of both acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, and acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML).
4,5) There is an absence of other chromosomal abnormalities, including translocation t(1;22), an aberration usually found in acute myeloblastic leukemia patients without DS.
 
 
 
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