Leukemia is one of the forms of Cancer that is experiencing some amazing breakthroughs. Your chances of recovery depend greatly on your health and other conditions that can't be plugged in to a mathematical formula. Your doctor or local Cancer Society would be a far better resource for that information.
AnswerIt would depend entirely on the type of leukemia. While some forms are easily remissed, others are not. This would be a question for your oncologist. AnswerThe first poster is correct. I suggest that you go onto: www.Google.comType in: Leukemia chatlines.
The reason I suggest this is you can chat with other people in the same situation as yourself and lessen the stress for you. It also gives you the opportunity to find out what new and improved methods that other people with Leukemia are receiving.
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Leukemia is a broad name for some 88 blood diseases. Any disease of the blood or bone marrow is considered Leukemia. Many, many new treatments are extremely promising and successful in many cases. I have leukemia. I have been in treatment for almost 2 years. I am progressing very well.
Prognosis in any disease is difficult except for the most common terminal diseases. The overall outcome is determined by the patient themselves and the degree of disease they have and what steps are taken to treat it. Stem Cell transplant are becoming more common for a complete cure.
the prognosis for individuals with the most serious types of thalassemia has improved drastically in the last several years following recent medical advances in transfusion, chemo-, and transplantation therapy.
Most cancers are curable if detected and treated at their early stages. A cancer patient's prognosis is affected by many factors, particularly the type of cancer the patient has, the stage of the cancer, the extent to which it has metastasized.
When my sister was 14 she was diagnosed with Lymphatic Leukemia. She died when she was 15. There are no cures for Leukemia B U T if the individual is strong, positive thinking and eats only the most nutritious food, really good things can happen...and do happen.
CML is a cancer predominantly found in adults. It's usually treated with a drug called imatinib and has an excellent survivial rate - 90% of patients survive to 5 years and beyond.
Hodgkin's disease, particularly in children, is one of the most curable forms of cancer. Approximately 90% of individuals are cured of the disease with chemotherapy and/or radiation
Poor, in allopathic medicine; excellent, in naturopathic. See link.
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Since most patients are diagnosed when the cancer has spread to lymph nodes or other structures, the prognosis for esophageal cancer is poor. Generally, no more than half of all patients are candidates for curative treatment. Even if.
The prognosis for TGA patients is excellent
The prognosis for TGA patients is excellent
Ongoing glucocorticoid treatment usually controls adrenal virilism in cases of adrenal hyperplasia, but there is no cure. If a cancerous tumor has caused the disorder, patients have a better prognosis if they have an early stage of cancer
Persons who have cancerous spread to other distant places within the body (metastases) have stage IV cancer and the worst prognosis (potential for survival).
Prognosis is generally good for patients with pernicious anemia
Without treatment, patients with acromegaly will most likely die early because of the disease's effects on the heart, lungs, brain, or due to the development of cancer in the large intestine
The prognosis for reversing vitamin toxicity is excellent for most patients
The prognosis for a patient with a movement disorder depends on the specific disorder
Patients who have stage 4 bladder cancer have a low survival rate. The treatment includes chemotherapy, radical cystectomy, external-beam radiation therapy and urinary diversion or cystectomy .
The prognosis for Refsum disease is highly variable. Without treatment, the prognosis is poor. In patients who are treated appropriately, many neurological symptoms and ichthyosis (scaly, dry skin) generally disappear.
Kuru is always fatal.