Hear Dr. Patrick Stiff, Director of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center, give a comprehensive overview of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). He defines AML and describes the 2 phases of treatment. He answers the questions, What is an allogeneic transplant? Why are transplants needed? ...And he covers the basics of having a transplant and finding a donor. Cord blood transplants and haploidentical transplants are also explained. Complications such as infection and graftvshost disease are discussed. Encouraging research is presented. This presentations was made possible in part by Miltenyi Biotec and Actinium Pharmaceuticals.