Survival Rates for Leukemia Posted: 12-20-07 10:14am
I have a friend who says he had leukemia(
I know no details) and he took treatments
from CMC vellore 7 yars back..he now says
he is totally cured though he sometimes go
for blood trnasfusions..he never disclsoes
more than that. I sometimes wonder how he
could survive for 7 years and still doing
great when all of you guys seem to have
really sad storeis where ur loved ones
died so soon after the diagonisis..Does he
really has cancer or some other kind ? But
he says it IS leukemia but now it is
'totally cured'. He is also married and
has a daughter of 4 years and is happy..Im
really worried if he is not serious about
his disease. can anyone please let me
know?
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MandMs
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Posted: 12-21-07 06:51am
The aim of treatment for leukemia is to
bring about a complete remission. Complete
remission means that there is no evidence
of the disease and the patient returns to
good health with normal blood and marrow
cells.
For acute leukemia, a complete remission
(no evidence of disease in the blood or
marrow) that lasts five years after
treatment often indicates cure.
Treatment centers report increasing
numbers of patients with leukemia who are
in complete remission at least five years
after diagnosis of their disease (the
relative five-year survival rate has more
than tripled in the past 50 years for
patients with leukemia).
Do you know what type of leukemia your
friend had?
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mconfused80
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Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 12-21-07 10:45am
thanks for the reply but I dont know
anything about his condition except that
he said he had this seven years back.
Infact I know him only for the last 3
years. he never likes to talk about it..so
i cant get to know the type but he says
sometimes that he has still some malignant
cells but doc says it is ok..sometimes he
says that he is totally cured..am confused
but he is healthy and works in a MNC. I
feel he hides something from me..Is there
any chance of his kid getting this? Im
worried becaue everytime he says 'Im
perfectly ok, now I dont have any
leukemia'...What I cant udnerstand is when
he is perfectly alright how can there be
still 'some malignant cells'???? Sometimes
I even feel that he has nothing but just
lying to me..am really confused but i care
for him a lot..
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clovis69
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Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
Nearly 28 years Posted: 07-07-08 04:10am
I was diagnosed with ALL on October 16-17
1980 and October 16 of this year will mark
28 years, 23 years in remission.
