is lymphoma or leukemia a death sentence
Successful treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia is difficult, but improving all the time. Before successful treatment regimens were developed, a diagnosis was as good as a death sentence. Today, although AML responds less favorably to chemotherapy than other related forms of leukemia, successful treatment rates are in the 20 to 40 percent range. This percentage represents people who undergo treatment and remain relapse-free for five years, after which they are considered cured. That does not guarantee that a relapse will not occur, but most relapses do happen in the first five years after treatment.