What is the survival rate of A.L.L. Leukemia in adults?
well it really depends on when they found out that they have that sort of cancer! During 1996- 2003 relative survival rates overall were: * Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL): 65.3 percent overall; 90.4 percent for children under 5 * Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): 74.8 percent * Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): 20.7 percent overall; 54.1 percent for children under 15 * Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML): 44.4 percent At the present time there are approximately 218,659 people living with leukemia in the United States. It is anticipated that approximately 21,790 deaths in the United States will be attributed to leukemia in 2007 (12,320 males and 9,470 females).
