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Suggest Treatment For CML

Daughter, age 38, has CML. Was wondering what it would cost for the trip to Arizona, Cancer Center there. She has Kaiser here in Sacramento and we were told the trip and treatments were not covered. Yet she s getting drugs that make her tired, goes to work when the pain isn t a lot (2 or 3 days per week) and I can see no treatment being used/exercised. Linda Q
posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
CML is blood cancer which is havibg excellent prognosis if proper treatment is given.
Life expectancy is more than 10 years with five year survival rate almost 70-80%. So strict follow up and proper chemotherapy should be administered.
It is having remission and crisis phases. So chemotherapy drugs are given to keep patient in remission phase.
So for your mother , I advice you to consult oncologist and start the chemotherapy. She may be in the crisis stage. So clinical examination and chemotherapy is needed.
Convince your mother about good prognosis of CML and importance of chemotherapy in CML.
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Suggest Treatment For CML

Thanks for your question on HCM. CML is blood cancer which is havibg excellent prognosis if proper treatment is given. Life expectancy is more than 10 years with five year survival rate almost 70-80%. So strict follow up and proper chemotherapy should be administered. It is having remission and crisis phases. So chemotherapy drugs are given to keep patient in remission phase. So for your mother , I advice you to consult oncologist and start the chemotherapy. She may be in the crisis stage. So clinical examination and chemotherapy is needed. Convince your mother about good prognosis of CML and importance of chemotherapy in CML.