Acute Myeloid Leukemia: From Diagnosis to Treatment
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1605
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive hematologic malignancy and the most common acute leukemia in adults. For many years, the standard treatment for AML consisted of intensive and prolonged chemotherapy with a combination of cytarabine and an anthracycline, commonly referred to as “7+3”. In addition to the toxicities and lengthy, frequent hospitalizations associated with this regimen, most patients, including those with "favorable" risk factors experienced frequent relapses and short survival times. Over the past two decades, the genetic and molecular underpinnings of AML have become better defined, thereby paving the way for refinements in the disease classification, risk-stratification, and development of newer and better tolerated treatment options. As such, the diagnosis and treatment paradigm for AML has become more personalized, but also more complex. In this Special Issue, we focus on the most recent updates regarding AML diagnosis and classification, as well as on newest therapies for AML that are currently available and those under development. We will discuss factors that are considered when tailoring a treatment decision, both in newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory settings, including the role of allogeneic stem cell transplant and the current state of cellular therapies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews within the scope of the topics described above are welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Bhavana Bhatnagar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acute myeloid leukemia
- treatment
- risk factors
- classification
- diagnosis
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