what is agressive lukemeia?

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I need to know the survial rate if diagnosed with agressive lukemeia and how long do they hang on,had a very dear loved one diagnosed with it recently

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Leukemia is generally divided into an Acute or a Chronic form. If you are describing something that is "Aggressive", I would have to assume that it is either an Acute Leukemia, or a Chronic Leukemia that is in an accelerated, blast-phase or one that has undergone Transformation to an Acute form.

As a previous poster points out Acute Leukemia comes in 2 forms, Acute Myelogenous (or Myeloid) Leukemia (AML), or Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL). Chronic Leukemia also comes in 2 forms: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), or Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia (CLL).

For your sake I'll stick to the AML or ALL. AML tend to occur in older patients (median age= 68), ALL tends to be in children. Depending on the age of the patient, and other characteristics of their leukemia such as cytogenetics and the exact type, the survival rates vary. In general, ALL is very curable in young patients, while the outcome is poorer in older ones, although still tremendously responsive to chemotherapy. AML if it has favorable characteristics, long term cure rates can be up to 50%, while poor risks may be below 20%. How long they survive really depends on how they respond to chemotherapy, and a specific time should never be pinned on a patient's life, especially at the beginnings of the diagnosis, as we never know for sure how short or how long a patient has.

Check out the SEERs database for statistics on various forms of cancer.

Which kind of leukemia and is it an adult or child? As I understand it, there are 4 types of leukemia. - ALL, AML, CLL, CML . All can be agressive. Survival rate varies on all sorts of factors. We have a family friend who had leukemia with only a 25 - 30% survival rate. She was only able to do Chemo because they couldn't find a bone marrow match for her. She's done fine so far and is now cancer free.
Good luck to your loved one!

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