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Suggest Treatment For Acute Myeloid Leukemia

My question is to an oncologist. My mother was undergoing treatment for AML. She had a very high TLC 1,17500, she was given chemo with fludarabine alone for 5 days. Her count increased further and she died on the fifth day. Do u think the treatment was correct?
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia depends on type and stage of disease as well as blast percentage. Chemotherapy is the initial treatment of choice. fludarabine can be used. But prognosis of AML is poor with very high count. So it happens some time that patients can not be saved.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you.
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Wish you a very good health.
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Suggest Treatment For Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia depends on type and stage of disease as well as blast percentage. Chemotherapy is the initial treatment of choice. fludarabine can be used. But prognosis of AML is poor with very high count. So it happens some time that patients can not be saved. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.