Acute Myeloid Leukemia secondary to radiation therapy for rectal cancer: A case report

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<h4>Background: </h4> Secondary acute myeloid leukemia (s-AML) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia AML that arises in the bone marrow and primarily affects white blood cells. It is associated with prior exposure to cytotoxic agents, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The risk of the disease increases with age and treatment intensity. Although s-AML represents 25–30% of all AML cases, its occurrence follow...

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• Biomarkers, Tumor
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Disease Management
• Disease Susceptibility
• Incidence
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
• Prognosis
• Treatment Outcome

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Literature Corpus work

8caf3b00-e5c3-5c92-9a8b-7197a5683d8e

DOI

10.22541/au.174765485.53156918/v1