NEUROLOGY
SURGERY
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Question
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Induction therapy
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Supportive therapy
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Antimicrobial therapy
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Standard therapy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Treatment of AML is usually divided into phases: Induction is the first phase of treatment. It is short and intensive, typically lasting about a week. The goal is to clear the blood of leukemia cells (blasts) and to reduce the number of blasts in the bone marrow to normal.
Detailed explanation-2: -About 2 out of 3 people with AML who get standard induction chemotherapy (chemo) go into remission. This usually means the bone marrow contains fewer than 5% blast cells, the blood cell counts return to within normal limits, and there are no signs or symptoms of the disease.
Detailed explanation-3: -People with a type of AML called promyelocytic leukemia have a particular genetic mutation that blocks normal growth of immature cells called promyeloblasts. A chemotherapy drug called all-trans retinoic acid, or ATRA, may be used to prevent the mutation from hindering the growth of these cells.
Detailed explanation-4: -Venetoclax plus an HMA is a novel standard of care for newly diagnosed elderly AML patients who are not candidates for intensive induction chemotherapy.