"Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy, moved many Americans over the weekend with her emotional essay about being diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after giving birth to her second child. In The New Yorker, the 35-year-old stunned readers, writing that she was battling acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, and had less than a year to live."
"In the essay, titled A Battle With My Blood, Schlossberg said she was diagnosed after doctors noticed an abnormally high white-blood cell count after giving birth to her daughter in May 2024. The daughter of designer Edwin Schlossberg and diplomat Caroline Kennedy, she said she was shocked by the diagnosis, as she considered herself "one of the healthiest people I knew"."
Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) shortly after giving birth and faces a prognosis of less than a year. Her AML subtype, formerly called Inversion 3, is rare and affects 1–2% of AML patients, and is associated with few effective therapies and treatment resistance. AML can emerge suddenly, going from undetectable to affecting hundreds of cells in days. AML affects bone marrow and blood and sickens about four in 100,000 adults annually. Her essay raised awareness about the disease and the urgent need for increased funding and research into resistant cancer subtypes.
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