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The main treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is chemotherapy, including targeted therapy. This might be followed by a stem cell transplant, and surgery and radiotherapy may be used in special circumstances. New therapies are being developed and investigated and this booklet describes several of these: clofarabine (DNA synthesis inhibitor); gilteritinib and quizartinib (tyrosine kinase inhibitors); venetoclax (B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2) inhibitor); and Vyxeos® (a combination of daunorubicin and cytarabine.
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