What You Need to Know About Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - It's Your Life, Live It!

All leukemia comes from blood cells, which normally function to provide the body's cells with oxygen (red blood cells), protect them from invading germs (white blood cells), and promote blood clotting after an injury (platelets).

This system usually functions beautifully, and it's proper workings are crucial to human life. The division of these blood cells is normally under tight control. When a cell starts dividing out of control, it becomes "cancerous."

Cancer starts in just one cell!

"Acute Myelocytic Leukemia" (AML) is the most common type in this second category. It is critical to get prompt diagnosis and proper treatment for acute leukemia; this can literally make the difference between life and death. Understanding your options will give you the peace-of-mind of knowing you have done everything possible to ensure a successful outcome for yourself or a loved one.

The Cancer Group Institute's material explains, in plain English, the definition, types, risk factors, frequency, symptoms, evaluations, historical and latest effective treatments for acute leukemia.

We describe chemotherapy, radiation, immune therapy and bone marrow transplantation, along with their side-effects and results. While we don't promise cure, we tell you everything you must know to help you make the right choices today for dealing with an acute leukemia problem.

This is just a short excerpt of The Cancer Group's book on Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.

Some of the Department Heads, Hospitals and Residents using our materials are Mayo Clinic, Harvard University, Columbia, NYU, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Tift Regional Cancer Center, Instituto Oncologia Moderna, Puerto Rico plus many others.