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What Is Survival Age With Lymphoblastic Leukemia?

DEAR Dr Krueger,
Could you give me the median survival for elderly,over 65,back in the early 80's of someone with elderly acute lymphoblastic leukemia?Also what is it today in this age g Thanks in advance, YYYY@YYYY
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is having on-off course (remission and crisis).
So chemotherapy drugs are given to keep it in remission phase.
In early 80s due to lack of chemotherapy drugs, survival rate is very low. Five year survival at that time was less than 10%.
Due to tremendous advancement in pharmacology, highly effective chemotherapy is available now. And this helps greatly in improving survival.
Today if patient follows regular chemotherapy, five year survival rate is more than 60-70%.
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What Is Survival Age With Lymphoblastic Leukemia?

Thanks for your question on HCM. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is having on-off course (remission and crisis). So chemotherapy drugs are given to keep it in remission phase. In early 80s due to lack of chemotherapy drugs, survival rate is very low. Five year survival at that time was less than 10%. Due to tremendous advancement in pharmacology, highly effective chemotherapy is available now. And this helps greatly in improving survival. Today if patient follows regular chemotherapy, five year survival rate is more than 60-70%.