Daniel Ramos, 40, acute myeloblastic leukemia, Attleboro, with daughter, Leia Ramos (8), wife, Katharine Ramos, sister, Lidia Thomas, and Dr. Richard Stone, Chief of Staff and Director, Translational Research, Adult Leukemia Program, Dana-Farber and his D

Daniel Ramos, 40, acute myeloblastic leukemia, Attleboro, with daughter, Leia Ramos (8), wife, Katharine Ramos, sister, Lidia Thomas, and Dr. Richard Stone, Chief of Staff and Director, Translational Research, Adult Leukemia Program, Dana-Farber wit his doctor, Dr. Richard Stone ? Daniel had noticed his energy and endurance levels were very low and spoke to hisdoctor about it at his annual physical. Subsequent bloodwork showed very highwhite blood cell counts and he was told to go to the emergency room at Brighamand Women's as they were confident it was Leukemia. This took place at the heightof the pandemic, which meant he could not have any visitors with him, making it avery solitary experience. Upon being admitted to the emergency room, he wasintroduced to Dr. Richard Stone and Ilene Galinsky who were able to shed light on adark situation. In a world where the word "hero" seems to be thrown around a little too easily, they are true heroes. The nurses on the seventh floor were also absoluteangels and treated him like extended family made the situation a bit easier.? His treatment consisted of induction chemotherapy and a research drug calledCrenolanib that targets the mutation that he had. The treatments were successful ingetting him into full remission. Due to his mutation, Daniel also underwent a stemcell transplant, for which his sister was a perfect match, to try to achieve a lastingcure. He is doing very well and is still in remission so far, up for immunizations 24months post-transplant.? Daniel loves to work on and restore cars and motorized equipment as well ascamping and helping people.? He is a regional maintenance director for Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness? Daniel, born and raised in New England, is proud of Boston's Dana-Farber. He feelsthe next-level care you get when walking into Dana-Farber is unmatched by anyother hospital he has ever been in. He also feels Brigham is another of the greatesthospitals around, as they saved his mom's life with a quadruple bypass. Acute myeloblastic leukemia facts? AML is one of the most common types of leukemia in adults. Still, AML is fairly rareoverall, accounting for only about 1% of all cancers.? American Cancer Society predicts there will be about 20,050 new cases of AML in2022.? Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) starts in the bone marrow (the soft inner part ofcertain bones, where new blood cells are made), but most often it quickly movesinto the blood, as well. It can sometimes spread to other parts of the body includingthe lymph nodes, liver, spleen, central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), andtesticles.? Most often, AML develops from cells that would turn into white blood cells (otherthan lymphocytes), but sometimes AML develops in other types of blood-formingcells. The different types of AML are discussed in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Subtypes and Prognostic Factors. ? Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has many other names, including acute myelocyticleukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acutenon-lymphocytic leukemia. ? Dr. Stone received his MD in 1981 from Harvard Medical School, his internalmedicine residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and hishematology-oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber.? He has performed numerous laboratory and clinical studies on acute leukemia andrelated disorders, and frequently participates in grand rounds worldwide sharing hisknowledge with other professionals.