Abstract
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a systemic neoplasm that originates in the bone marrow and is responsible for 90% of all cases of acute leukemia in adults, being more common in people over 65 years of age, which have a worse prognosis. Chemotherapy is used for the treatment of AML and greater than 5 years of survival is achieved in about 20% of cases, however, there are elderly patients w…