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Can a child be truly cured of leukemia?
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Dr. James Ballanswered
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 21 years experience
Absolutely: The rate of cure depends on the type of leukemia. Remission, which is the initial disappearance of the leuekemia, is easy to accomplish than cure. Cure is usually on mentioned 2 years after the treatment is complete, . Some of the best success in pediatric cancer in general, has been the cure rates of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We expected cure in this disease 85% of the time.
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Dr. Allen Seelyanswered
General Practice 33 years experience
MAY need Transplant: Cure may also depend upon finding a suitable 'bone marrow (stem cell) donor' and getting a stem cell transplant.
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