CUres for Leukemia?

can u list cures for leukemia please..its for a project..just a few cures

Bone marrow transplant along with chemotherapy

There is no cure.

The only possible cure is a stem cell or bone marrow transplant. It cannot be labeled as an official cure because bone marrow biopsies cannot detect the single cancer cell. Young adults in good health other wise have great prognosis today compared to even 5 years ago. The numbers are so low on the statistics though because the majority of patients are the very young or the very old, neither of which can tolerate the harsh chemo treatment or transplant.

Children most typically get ALL, which is actually very treatable, but prognosis is poor because the very young just cant handle the treatment. CML is most common with the elderly, which can be treated with transplant, but most elderly cant tolerate transplant. It can be controlled for a while though with chemo.

I have AML. Was orginally diagnosed 3 years ago, went through chemo, relapsed one year ago and went through transplant this past summer. My third cousin had aml as an infant and died. Another cousin had ALL as a child went through chemo and is still in remission. A former teacher of mine had AML and went through transplant 13 years ago and has remained in remission since transplant.

there are no cures only treatments.

Here's where you'll find the best info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes

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