Whether leukemia can be completely cured depends on the type of leukemia, the degree of progression of the disease, and the adequacy of current clinical treatments for that type of leukemia, and some leukemias may be cured.
1. Leukemia is a malignant proliferative disease of the bone marrow, commonly found in children’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adults or the elderly chronic granulocytic leukemia, which has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and has a low possibility of cure.
2. For acute promyelocytic leukemia with clinical classification of M3, there is a special drug for all-trans retinoic acid, which has a high cure rate for acute promyelocytic leukemia and also has a certain efficacy for relapsed leukemia. Complete cure can be achieved with standardized medication.
As far as the disease is concerned, if the leukemia develops to the point that the primitive cells in the bone marrow account for most of the cells, the degree of malignancy is higher, and the corresponding cure rate is lower. In addition, the degree of malignancy of leukemia also depends on the location of the gene mutation, and patients with FLT3 gene mutation have a high degree of malignancy and a lower cure rate.
In conclusion, some leukemias are curable and should be actively treated under the guidance of a physician.