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My 78 year old father has been diagnosed with myelodysplasia. how is treated and what is the survival rate?
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Unfortunately poor: If the diagnosis is correct, as this was previously called a pre-leukemia, it has a rather poor prognosis in the older people, a survival rate of 30-50% in 3 years. You must be under a hematologist's care and he will determine course of therapy and based on blood counts he can give you a better survival rate.
Answered 6/3/2013
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