Abstract:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common hematologic malignancy with high mortality and a short survival period in adults. About 10% of these cases, called therapy-related AML, are reported to be the consequence of chemotherapy or radiotherapy of previous malignancy. In a clinical setting, this is usually diagnosed by peripheral blood smear or bone marrow biopsy by assessing the proportion of blasts. However, postmortem blood samples are not suitable for smear analysis because of hemolysis. Therefore, ancillar… Show more
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