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===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||
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It's common amongst the haematological cancer and is really important to know about because it can kill you. About 90% of sufferers are adults and the incidence increases with age (63 being a rough median). | |||
===Pathophysiology=== | ===Pathophysiology=== | ||
===Risk Factors=== | ===Risk Factors=== | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 11 November 2009
Definition
This is a cancer of myeloblasts.
This is not the same as myeloma. Confusingly, that is a cancer of plasma cells which, even more confusingly, are part of lymphoid line of cells. It actually has little to do with all the myeloblastic cells. The picture hopefully explains it more fully.
Epidemiology
It's common amongst the haematological cancer and is really important to know about because it can kill you. About 90% of sufferers are adults and the incidence increases with age (63 being a rough median).