Topic summary
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
United States
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2025, about 9,560 new cases of chronic myeloid leukemia will be diagnosed, and about 1,290 people will die of the disease. This means that about 15% of all newly diagnosed leukemia cases will be chronic myeloid leukemia. The average risk of a person getting this disease is 1 in 526. The disease is more common in men than women, and more common in whites than African-Americans. The average age at diagnosis is 64 years, and this disease is rarely seen in children.