Acute myeloid leukemia
Left panel: In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one or more genetic mutations in a hematopoietic stem cell causes proliferation of the neoplastic clone, outcompeting the residual normal hematopoietic cells (megakaryocytes, erythroid and myeloid progenitors). In many animals, the neoplastic cells spill into blood, resulting in a marked leukocytosis, comprised primarily of tumor cells with single or multiple cytopenias (non-regenerative anemia, neut…
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