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Treatment
The first goal of treatment is to get blood counts back to normal. If this occurs and the bone marrow looks healthy under the microscope, the cancer is said to be in remission.

Chemotherapy is the first treatment tried with the goal of achieving complete remission.

The person may need to stay in the hospital for chemotherapy. Or it can be given at a clinic and the patient goes home afterward.
Chemotherapy is given into the veins (by IV) and sometimes next to the spine and brain.
After remission, more treatment is needed to be cured. This treatment can include more chemotherapy or radiation to the brain. Stem cell transplant from another person may also be done. Further treatment depends on:

Age and health of the person
Type of leukemia cells, including the DNA changes found
How many courses of chemotherapy it took to achieve remission
Availability of donors for stem cell transplant