What to do if you have acute leukemia at 60

The main treatments for leukemia at age 60 include blood transfusion, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, and intensive follow-up treatment. Clinical manifestations in the elderly are mainly anemia, bleeding, infection and enlarged liver and spleen lymph nodes. Elderly acute leukemia may be combined with important organ lesions, which should not be treated with strong chemotherapy and should pay attention to individualized treatment. 1. Blood transfusion: Older people are weaker, blood transfusion treatment is milder and suitable for older people’s physique. 2. Chemotherapy: the elderly can not tolerate strong chemotherapy, can be used to reduce the dose of drugs chemotherapy, such as cytarabine, Zoerythromycin, etc., can also be used to Azacitidine combined with Vinacrine program chemotherapy. 3. Bone marrow transplantation: Bone marrow transplantation is the most effective treatment for leukemia, but it should be fully evaluated whether the elderly can tolerate the surgery before operation. However, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is no longer recommended for people over 65 years old. 4. Strengthen follow-up treatment: follow-up treatment after remission of acute myeloid leukemia in the elderly is very important, after traditional treatment to achieve remission of the disease, the original remission program should be applied to consolidate and maintain the treatment. If the elderly have leukemia, they should go to regular hospitals in time, and the doctors will make appropriate treatment plan according to the results of the examination and the patient’s own physical condition.