Living With Cml Leukemia

Living as a chronic myeloid leukemia survivor for a few people with chronic myeloid leukemia cml treatment can destroy the cancer.

Living with cml leukemia.

Leukemia is cancer of the blood. These 4 types of leukemia are classified as either myeloid or lymphocytic based on the type of cells affected and either acute or chronic. Living with chronic myeloid leukemia cml chronic myeloid or myelogenous leukemia cml is one of four main types of leukemia that can affect adults. And therefore people with chronic leukemia can live with the disease for many years.

How chronic myeloid leukemia affects the body blood. The chronic forms of leukemia tend to take longer to develop than the acute forms of leukemia. But there are things you can do to deal with the challenges head on. Living with chronic myeloid leukemia you may experience physical and emotional side effects as you go through your cancer treatment.

Bone marrow is part of the lymphatic system and it s where cml begins. With cml you have an abundance of immature white blood cells. Blood stem cells for white. Living with chronic myeloid leukemia chronic myeloid leukemia cml and its treatment can affect your life in many ways.

As part of our coverage of the 2018 american society of hematology ash annual meeting in san diego jan geissler a patient advocate and director of the european patients academy on therapeutic innovation joined patient power to share his perspective on the latest news in chronic myeloid leukemia cml. For many people treatment with a targeted therapy drug can control the cancer for many years. Still it s hard not to worry about cancer coming back if treatment stops working.