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Acute leukemia in elderly

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Common symptoms

重听、斑丘疹、便血、耳鸣、抽搐、齿龈肿胀、乏力、恶心、复视、鼻出血

The pathology of disease

Acute leukemia in elderly is AML/ALL in older adults; fatigue; infection; bleeding; cytopenias; biology differs; treatment intensity adjusted for age/comorbidity.

Symptoms

Fatigue; fever/infection; bleeding/petechiae; bone pain; older adult; pancytopenia; blasts on smear

Causes

Clonal hematologic malignancy; AML > ALL in older; prior MDS/chemo; genetics.

Treatment

Induction chemotherapy (fit); hypomethylating agents/low-intensity (unfit); supportive; allogeneic transplant if suitable

Dept

Hematology / oncology / geriatrics.

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