Journalist and author Tatiana Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Caroline Kennedy's daughter and Jack Schlossberg's sister, revealed earlier this month she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Schlossberg, 34, wrote in a heart-wrenching essay for the New Yorker published Nov. 22 she learned she had acute myeloid leukemia after giving birth to her second child in May 2024. The news came after her doctor noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count. Her doctors estimate she may have less than a year to live.
Here's what to know about acute myeloid leukemia and how it's treated.
Acute myeloid leukemia, also called AML, is a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
While the exact trigger of the disease isn't known, AML is caused by changes to our genes. These could be inherited or ones that show up during your lifetime for a variety of reasons.
