Patient's question:
The elderly person suddenly experienced nausea and vomiting last week, followed by persistent high fever, which led to hospitalization and admission to the ICU. They are still in the critical phase! Later, blood tests revealed that they had leukemia! The elderly person has acute myeloid leukemia (AML4), can chemotherapy help?Doctor's answer:
The fourth subtype of acute myeloid leukemia is essentially very difficult to completely cure. This means that the bone marrow test results are similar to those of the granulocytic system or the monocyte system, where both types of leukemia coexist. Therefore, the difficulty of treatment is relatively high. At the age of 75, chemotherapy can be controlled, but it is very difficult to improve, and the patient may not be able to tolerate it. The risk is still quite high, so it is necessary to be mentally prepared.