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The survival rate for people with CLL varies widely according to the stage of the disease. The 5-year survival rate tells you what percent of people live at least 5 years after the disease is found. Percent means how many out of 100. The 5-year survival rate for people with CLL is 83 percent.

In chronic myelogenous leukemia, this process doesn't work properly. The tyrosine kinase caused by the BCR-ABL gene causes too many white blood cells. Most or all of these cells contain the abnormal Philadelphia chromosome. The diseased white blood cells don't grow and die like normal cells.

There is no evidence that Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia is hereditary. Although there is an abnormal gene caused by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome in this disease, this is not something that a parent transmits to a child at birth. This can be confusing at times to patient

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is rarely curable. Still, most people live for many years with the disease. Some people with CLL can live for years without treatment, but most eventually need to be treated. Most people with CLL are treated on and off for years.

It is not yet proven whether any remedy can cure CML. A remission is when leukemia cannot be detected in the body by cytogenetic testing and there are no symptoms. This may also be called having no evidence of disease or NED