The cost of treating leukemia is closely related to the type of leukemia the patient has, the patient’s own condition, and the treatment measures taken. If a patient has chronic granulocytic leukemia, is stable and is in a difficult financial situation, he or she can be treated with only drugs such as hydroxyurea at a cost of no more than $100 per month. If the patient is an elderly patient with acute leukemia and is in poor health, even if small doses of chemotherapy are given, the patient may have serious infections, bleeding and other complications that require the administration of red blood cell and platelet transfusions and the application of antibacterial drugs, and the patient will often spend more, usually in the tens of thousands of dollars or even more than a hundred thousand. Likewise, if a leukemia patient needs a bone marrow transplant, the cost is even more, usually around several hundred thousand yuan, and in some cases, more than one million yuan.