Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous group of hematopoietic malignancies arising from clonal proliferation of myeloid precursor cells in the bone marrow, characterized by impaired differentiation and accumulation of immature blasts. AML with BCR-ABL1 is a distinct subtype defined by the presence of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene, resulting from a specific chromosomal translocation, and should be differentiated from chronic myelogenous leukemia despite shared molecular features.