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Life Expectancy
What is the life expectancy of a person with Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
So I know a little boy who has this. He is 14, and he has had it since he was 3. He had been fighting for a long time, and they (the doctors) give him 2 months left to live they have tried all other medications they could. And his parents can't find anything else for him neither. I also know another person with this, and so it brings me to ask this question. What is the life expectancy in kids under the age of 16?
In individual case it is difficult to state actual survival,cause it depends on many patient specific factors.
Acute Myeloid Leukemia can be controlled and sometimes cured. Its prognosis depends on a variety of factors that is patient-specific.Please read following and talk to his DOC.----
AML can be kept in remission for a long period of time or even cured in some adults. Depending on certain factors such as, the characteristics of the leukemia cells. Some patients have a better prognosis in comparison to others.
Adults below 65 years 5-year survival rate - about 33%
Adults above 65 years - 4% only
Many people who live much longer than the average 5 years
The prognosis of a patient depends on the following factors:
Patient’s age and race - Younger patients and Caucasians have a good prognosis, while patients older than 60 years and patients of African- American descent have a poor prognosis
Subtype of AML - M3 has good prognosis while the M7 type has poor prognosis
Patient’s response to therapy
AML that follows myelodysplastic syndrome or myeloproliferative diseases has a poor prognosis
Elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels has a poor prognosis
Cytogenetics plays an important role in predicting the progress of an AML patient as represented in the table below -