Questions to Ask Your Health Care Provider About Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

• What are the good and bad prognostic features of my form of leukemia?
• What are the treatment options?
• Which do you recommend and why?
• What side effects should I expect from the treatment?
• What are the chances that the leukemia will return once I am in remission?
• What are the risks and benefits of the different types of post remission therapy?
• Will I need maintenance therapy?
• Will I need bone marrow transplantation, either autologous or allogeneic type?
• What are the side effects of each type?
• What about non myeloablative forms of bone marrow transplantation?