Is there a cure for hairy cell leukemia?

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Is there a cure for hairy cell leukemia?

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At this time, it's still considered not curable.

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It's not one of the curable leukemias.

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But that should not discourage our patients.

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The outlook for patients

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with hairy cell leukemia looks great, patients even if they need treatment,

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not all patients need treatment, even of they need treatment.

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The treatments are so effective. At this point,

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we are able to say that their survival is almost comparable.

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If they do well on treatment, their survival is almost comparable to

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if they didn't have hairy cell,  to general population