The average five-year survival rate of leukemia is 57% in the United States. In children under 15, the five-year survival is greater than 60% to 85%, depending on the type of leukemia. In people with acute leukemia who are cancer-free after five-years, the cancer is unlikely to return. In 2012, leukemia developed in 352,000 people globally and caused 265,000 deaths. It is the most common type of cancer in children, with three quarters of leukemia cases in children. However, about 90% of all leukemia's are diagnosed in adults.
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