To prevent acute myeloid leukemia, attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Consumption of stimulants
- Tobacco (smoking)
- Overweight (BMI ≥ 25; obesity).
Environmental pollution – intoxications (poisonings).
- Radiation exposure, especially in combination with the administration of alkylanzien (cytostatics).
- Benzene
- Exposure to petroleum products, paints, ethylene oxides.
- Formaldehyde?
- Herbicides (weed killers).
- Pesticides (pesticides)
