What is the difference between acute myeloid leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia?

Answer 1

Acute leukemias develop and progress rapidly, while chronic leukemias develop slowly and have a better prognosis. If someone was diagnoed with leukemia, the blood smear and other tests can indicate if this patient have chronic or acute leukemia.

Answer 2

Both acute and chronic leukemia are blood cancers.

Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. In leukemia, a group of cells in the bone marrow divide too much and thus produce too many blood cells which are also non-functional. On top of producing useless blood cells, the cancerous cells in the bone marrow also become more and more, taking away space and nutrients from the healthy cells.

Depending on the maturity level of the cancerous cells, the leukemia will be chronic or acute.

Acute leukemias result when very immature blood cells are dividing rapidly. These require urgent treatment and can otherwise be deadly within months, a year or two.

Chronic leukemias are caused when quite mature cells become cancerous. These tend to affect the bone marrow's other functions relatively little and are less aggressive, but can also be harder to notice. Treatment should still be begun as soon as possible, as the chances for recovery are better the earlier treatment is started.

There are many different sub-types of both chronic and acute leukemias. In most cases today, the correct medical treatment can prevent the disease from becoming worse, and certain types can even be cured completely.

Answer 3

Acute Monocytic Leukemia is a subtype of Acute myeloid leukemia. I think Acute Myeloid Leukemia has up to 8 sub types depending on which cells are affected.

Answer 4

malaria is a disease typically transmitted by mosquitoes. It was eliminated from the United States in the 1950s but is still around in Africa. It is considered an acute disease.