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What are the chances of survival for leukemia?
There are four types of leukemia and each has a different five-year survival rate. The survival rates shown below are for the period 1999-2005:Acute lymphocytic leukemia: 66.3 percent overallChronic lymphocytic leukemia: 78.8 percentAcute myelogenous leukemia: 23.4 percent overallChronic myelogenous leukemia (CML): 53.3 percent
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