acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000215",
  "term": "acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of acute myeloid leukemia in which at least 20% of a patient’s blood or bone marrow is myeloblasts (immature white blood cells) and the patient has one of the following conditions: 1) has had myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or a myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN) before, 2) cells that have changes in certain chromosomes that are similar to those found in MDS, or 3) at least 50% of the cells (of at least two types of blood cells) are abnormal. Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes usually occurs in older adults and has a poor prognosis. Also called AML-MRC.",
  "synonyms": [
    "AML-MRC"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/acute-myeloid-leukemia-with-myelodysplasia-related-changes/"
}