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 period and have not yet passed the danger zone! 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 resemble those of the granulocytic lineage or the monocyte lineage, with both types present in the leukemia. Therefore, the treatment difficulty is relatively high. At the age of 75, chemotherapy can control the condition, but it is very difficult to improve significantly, and the patient may not be able to tolerate it. The risk is still quite high, and it is necessary to be mentally prepared.