How long can a patient with myeloproliferative disorder/chronic myelogenous leukemia survive?
Patient: My relative (29 years old) is diagnosed cml positive.Bone marrow biopsy examination revealed Myeloproliferative disorder, consistent with CML chronic phase.Chromosal analysis observation is : 46,XY,t(9;22)(q34;q11).Right now he is taking one dose of Imatinib 400 mg daily since last 40 odays & well stable.pls let me know the further conseqenced of this disease. Can he get married & have healthy offspring. How long will he survive. Doctor: Hi, dearI have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Survival rate depends on phase of chronic myeloid leukemia. He has philadelphia chromosome positive so it is good prognostic indicator.  His age is also favourable.  So if he take proper treatment then 5 year survival rate is high.  It has good prognosis then the acute leukemia. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.