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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
- Targeted Therapy Drugs for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Interferon Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Chemotherapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Radiation Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Surgery for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Stem Cell Transplant for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- How Do You Know If Treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Is Working?
- Treating Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Phase
- References: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- If You Have Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
Key Statistics for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
The American Cancer Society's estimates for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the United States for 2025 are:
- About 9,560 new cases will be diagnosed with CML (5,610 in men and 3,950 in women)
- About 1,290 people will die of CML (740 men and 550 women)
About 15% of all new cases of leukemia are chronic myeloid leukemia. About 1 person in 526 will get CML in their lifetime in the United States.
The average age of people diagnosed with CML is around 64 years. Almost half of all cases are diagnosed in people 65 and older. This type of leukemia mainly affects adults, and is rarely seen in children.
Visit the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics Center for more key statistics.
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American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2025. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2025.
Cancer Stat Facts: Leukemia-Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, 2010-2014. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/clyl.html. Accessed on January 5, 2018.
Jabbour E, Kantarjian H. Chronic myeloid leukemia: 2018 update on diagnosis, therapy and monitoring. Am J Hematol. 2018;93(3):442-459.
SEER Lifetime Risk (Percent) of Being Diagnosed with Cancer by Site and Race/Ethnicity: Both Sexes, 18 SEER Areas, 2012-2014 (Table 1.15) National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Accessed at https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2014/results_merged/topic_lifetime_risk.pdf on January 5, 2018.
Last Revised: January 16, 2025
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