ASK A DOCTOR: HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH LEUKEMIA?

Expert opinion from Gustavo Campos

Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Brazil

That will depend on the type of leukemia. However, the survival rate after five years of the diagnosis can vary from as high as 90% to as low as 10%. This for all kinds of leukemia. Those rates will be better or worse according to the stage of the disease.

Expert opinion from Ilya Aleksandrovskiy

M.D., MBA · 5 years of experience · USA

Usually, it is observed as 5 years of survival rate, but early diagnosis and treatment may help manage the condition for a more extended period.

Expert opinion from Ipsa Arora

MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · USA

It depends on the type of leukemia.

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