2006-10-25 15:14:23 · 7 answers · asked by ana karen i 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Depends on the type of leukemia and the age of the patient in addition to other factors. Cardiac disease, diabetes and other conditions make cancer harder to treat. Most childhood or pediatric leukemias now have a very high 5 year survival rate which is considered the big marker in treating cancer. Adult leukemias are not as successfully in remission at this point, but many large medical centers have research studies which can offer some hope.
2006-10-25 15:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by blondie9916 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some leukemias in children have been cured for a number of years. With modern methods such a bone marrow transplants and new drugs, even more patients are cured all the time.
2006-10-25 22:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a quick comment on the post above that referred to a 60% cure rate for Pediatric AML. The highest cure rate for Pediatric AML that I've ever seen in a recognized study is 45%, not 60%. My daughter was diagnosed with AML at the age of 10 months back in 1998 and at that time the cure rate stated in most studies was closer to 35-40%, so things are improving. On the other hand Pediatric ALL has a cure rate of near 80%.
Hope this helps.
-- Todd
2006-10-27 10:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No leukaemia adult or childhood has a cure as such. But with chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants patients are staying in remission longer. The longer you are in remission (i think we were told 5 years for our daughter) the closer you are of being cured. But getting to remission and staying there can be very difficult, other complications like life threatening infections from low blood counts causing some patients not too make it. Percentages of patients surviving is so much greater now then say 20 years ago. Childhood AML had a less then 5% chance of survival 20 years ago now its 60%. So i guess if you beat it and stay cancer free your cured, its just such a long road till you can say you are.
2006-10-26 01:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by lividuva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of leukemia..there are some very good cures for some types of leukemias..others are very difficult to treat.
CML one of the common adult leukemias is now readily treated with medicine taken by mouth called Gleevac.
AML M3 subtype can be treated very well with a modified form of Vit.A called ATRA or all trans retinoic acid.
These two are examples even standard chemo and BMT is much better now...
Find a good oncologist..
Good luck
2006-10-25 17:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by doc_im_med 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leukemia used to be a death sentence. But now, it has a very high cure rate.
2006-10-25 15:22:10 · answer #6 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. only treatments like bone marrow transplants.
2006-10-25 15:22:57 · answer #7 · answered by Maria S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋