Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Support Group
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. Patients with AML usually present with symptoms such as fatigue, bleeding, infection, prompting medical attention. An abnormal blood test reading will then result in further testing in a hospital with a hematologist to determine AML.
My husband, 31, has AML. He is not in remission (60%l blast cells) but Drs say only option is SCT (haploid) bc he failed two induction rounds. He is doing a round 5 days clofarabin then 5 days of the transplant conditioning chemo, then one day of total body irradiation. Does any one have success stories of someone being cured with transplant even without remission?
This support group is not as active as it once was. The lymphoma leukemia society support group is much more active. I know of several recent cases where people went to SCT without remisiion.
In providing 2 links, one to the SCT support group and the second is a specific example from COH
http://community.lls.org/forum/34-stem-cell-transplantation/
http://community.lls.org/topic/16757-blasts-are-back/page-6#entry196465
Blessings
Julie
Any talk of stimulating marrow to get those blasts out into the blood? (gCSf)?
Best of luck through this journey