Prognosis for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
Treatment for childhood ALL usually works very well and the overall prognosis is good.
Your child's prognosis is personal
Prognosis is the medical word for what's likely to happen in the future. The prognosis for children and young adults with ALL is generally good. Thanks to years of research, treatment is effective in most cases.
Based on data from recent clinical trials, most children and young adults with ALL will go into long-term remission (where there’s no leukaemia left) at the end of their treatment.
Some rare types of childhood ALL are more difficult to treat, so the prognosis may vary. Your child's consultant (specialist doctor) is the best person to ask about your child's individual prognosis.
Not everyone wants to know about their child's prognosis. If you don’t want to talk about it, tell your child's hospital team - you can change your mind at any time. The hospital team is not allowed to talk to anyone else about it, even family members, without your permission as the parent or carer of a child under 16.
Older children can decide what they want to know about their prognosis and who to share that information with.
Our research into childhood leukaemia
Since we were founded in 1960, we have had some of our biggest research breakthroughs in the childhood leukaemia. Find out how research gives so many families hope, now and in the future.
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