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Source: Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Other Myeloid Malignancies Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: June 5, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment Option Overview / Seven types of standard treatment may be used for childhood AML and other myeloid malignancies.

Lenalidomide may be used to lessen the need for transfusions in patients who have myelodysplastic syndromes caused by a specific chromosome change.

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Arsenic trioxide and tretinoin are drugs that kill certain types of leukemia cells, stop the leukemia cells from dividing, or help the leukemia cells mature into white blood cells. These drugs are used in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

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See Drugs Approved for Acute Myeloid Leukemia for more information.

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