A diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) automatically qualifies you for SSDI benefits. Those are considered to be the "bad" leukemia's by Social Security.

Is CML a terminal illness?

A bone marrow test the next day revealed a genetic abnormality called the Philadelphia chromosome that is the signature of chronic myelogenous leukemia, or C.M.L., a blood cell cancer that in the last decade has been transformed from ultimately fatal to nearly always treatable, usually until something else claims the ...

How long does someone live with CML?

Historically, the median survival of patients with CML was 3-5 years from the time of diagnosis. Currently, patients with CML have a median survival of 5 or more years. The 5-year survival rate has more than doubled, from 31% in the early 1990s to 70.6% for patients diagnosed from 2011 to 2017.