i want to know the prognosis of AML ?

Answer 1

depends on the age and health of the patient. A bone marrow transplant or cord blood transplant on a younger and otherwise healthy person can sometimes cure AML.

http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Lrn_about_Disease/AML/index.html

http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Lrn_about_Disease/AML/AML_Transplant_Outcomes/index.html

With current standard chemotherapy regimens, approximately 25-30% of adults younger than 60 years survive longer than 5 years and are considered cured. Results in older patients are more disappointing, with fewer than 10% of patients surviving long-term.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic34.htm

My elderly neighbor who had AML lasted about 7 months after diagnosis, although he had probably been sick for several months prior to diagnosis. good luck

Answer 2

My daughter had AML she was diagnosed last Oct when she was 6, she has responded well to treatment and has no signs of leukeamia. With AML because the immune system is so weak there is a risk of getting a very serious infection resulting in the patient not being able to recover or not being able to continue with treatment. Certain factors give a patient a better chance of being cured then others, these are the genetic make up of the leukeamia cells affected, persons age, white count at diagnosis, pre existing blood disorders or the previous use of chemotherapy (some cancers become immune to the chemotherapy). I printed up a copy of the AML booklet from the link listed below and found it very helpful, they also have booklets on bone marrow transplant if you need to look into this.

Answer 3

Without treatment, AML often proves fatal within three to four months. Prompt treatment greatly increases a patient's chance of survival. Seventy to eighty percent of treated cases result in remission—the reduction or disappearance of cancer symptoms.

Once remission is achieved, further "consolidation" treatments are given to attempt a permanent cure. Overall, twenty to thirty percent of people who go into remission are free of symptoms five years later. Those figures rise to between forty and fifty percent for younger people. The cancer is considered cured if the patient has not experienced a relapse after two years of remission.

Certain factors affect AML's prognosis. People under the age of fifty who have FAB types M2, M3 or M4 are most likely to be cured of the disease. Negative factors include being over age fifty, having high white blood cell levels at the time of diagnosis and a history of prior treatment for leukemia. FAB type M7 and the presence of drug-resistant genes are also negative factors.

Chromosomal alterations can affect prognosis, although the role they play is complicated. While some chromosomal alterations may worsen the prognosis, others can actually improve the chances of remission and cure.

Answer 4

In the UK you have a 70% of beating it. You've a very good prognosis if caught early enough.

Information from Dr Williams at the BRI.

Answer 5

People with AML respond well with glyconutrients. I have links for testimonials and addititional information on my page about cancer