Untreated Untreated AML means no treatment has been given except to treat symptoms. There are too many white blood cells in the blood and bone marrow, and there may be other signs and symptoms of leukemia. Rarely, tumor cells can appear as a solid tumor called an isolated granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma. In remission Treatment has been given, and the number of white blood cells and other blood cells in the blood and bone marrow is normal. There are no signs or symptoms of leukemia.
Refractory disease means that the leukemia has failed to go into remission following treatment.
The primary treatment of AML is chemotherapy. Radiation therapy may be used in certain cases. Bone marrow transplantation is being studied in clinical trials. This is the standard method of treatment in which anti-cancer drugs are adminstered to the patients. The dose is asdjusted according to their WBC counts that is taken every 2-3 weeks.