Risk factors for AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) - silly way to remember!

Imagine an
Al-Qaeda terrorist with a

sheep with

3 Ps to his one side and a

65 year old man to his other. They are riding on a

Benz car with the

top spinning and

ABCD song plays in the background. All of a sudden there is an

atomic explosion.

The risk factors may remembered as follows


  1. Al-Qaeda = Alkylating agents

    Sheep with 3 Ps =
  2. S (Smoking)
  3. H (Herbicides)
  4. E (Embalming agents)
  5. E (Ethylene oxide)
  6. P (Petroleum products)
  7. P (Paint)
  8. P (Pesticides)
  9. 65 year old man (self explanatory)
  10. Benz car = Benzene
  11. Top = Topoisomerase inhibitors

    ABCD
    = Hereditary diseases
  12. A (Ataxia telengectasia)
  13. B (Bloom’s syndrome)
  14. C (Congenital neutropenia = Konnmann syndrome)
  15. D (Down syndrome)
  16. Atomic explosion = High energy radiation prevalent after an atomic explosion.
Hoping this to be helpful to those wanting to learn about AML risk factors.

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