my three year old has acute lymphoblastic leukemia.... what is the survival rate for him? PLEASE HELP?

my three year old has acute lymphoblastic leukemia.... what is the survival rate for him? PLEASE HELP?

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The improvement in survival for children with ALL over the past 35 years is one of the great success stories of cancer treatment. In the 1960s, less than 5 percent of children with ALL survived for more than five years. Today, about 85 percent of children with ALL live five years or more.

See this site for more info:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/sites-types/all-in-children

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You say in another question that you are sixteen. Perhaps these concerns are better dealt with by your parents.

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A Child with Leukemia Experiences Late Effects of Chemotherapy

At only 2 ½ years old, Adam was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He received his chemotherapy treatments at the Hematology Oncology Clinic at St. Louis Children's Hospital (www.StLouisChildrens.org). After 2 ½ years of chemotherapy, Adam started kindergarten. Adam experiences learning difficulties because of the chemotherapy, but receives help from the Therapy Services Department at St. Louis Childrens Hospital.

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