Discovering the Stages of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Leukemia does not usually form solid tumours, so staging is different.

The stages of AML are untreated, active disease, in remission, measurable residual disease (MRD), relapsed (also called recurrent) or refractory.

Staging describes or classifies a cancer based on how much cancer there is in the body and where it is when first diagnosed.

<p>Staging is used to plan treatment and estimate the prognosis of a cancer patient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Doctors use terms like untreated, active disease, in remission, measurable residual disease (MRD), relapsed, or refractory to describe the stage of leukemia.</p> Signup and view all the answers