symptoms of leukemia in adult
Untreated adult AML. In untreated adult AML, the disease is newly diagnosed. It has not been treated except to relieve signs and symptoms such as fever, bleeding, or pain, and the following are true: 1  The complete blood count is abnormal. 2  At least 20% of the cells in the bone marrow are blasts (leukemia cells).dult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts (a type of white blood cell), red blood cells, or platelets. Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.