There are two phases of treatment for AML. The first phase is called induction therapy. The purpose of induction therapy is to kill as many of the leukemia cells as possible and induce a remission, a state in which there is no visible evidence of disease and blood counts are normal.
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb died of kidney failure, not cancer as was widely reported, his son Robin John has said. The popstarâs son revealed: âIt wasnât the cancer that killed my father; those reports are wrong.
Bee Gee Maurice Gibb has died from complications following an operation to correct an intestinal blockage. The 53-year-old singer, who formed one third of one of the most successful pop bands of all time, was admitted to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida three days ago after complaining of stomach pains.