Leukemia can live for years to decades after cure.
Leukemia is a malignant disease of the blood system caused by abnormalities in bone marrow hematopoiesis, which is often difficult to cure completely. Clinical cure is usually defined as a complete remission of the disease after a combination of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or bone marrow transplantation, resulting in a progression-free survival of more than 5 years. The longer a patient remains in remission, the longer his or her survival will be, which varies from person to person.
Some patients may relapse within a short period of time after being cured, while others may remain in remission for more than ten years or even decades. The acute promyelocytic leukemia among leukemia is possible to be completely cured, so the survival period of completely cured acute promyelocytic leukemia patients is no different from normal people, and they can survive for a long time.
The survival time of cured leukemia is related to the prognosis score of the patient, the severity of the disease, the efficacy of the treatment and many other factors, so the maximum survival time of cured leukemia can range from several years to several decades.