Phases of chronic myeloid leukemiaĬML is classified into 3 groups that help predict outlook.
The outlook for someone with CML depends on the phase of the disease and the amount of blasts in the bone marrow, as well as other factors like the age of the patient, blood counts, and if the spleen is enlarged. Stages can be helpful in making treatment decisions and predicting prognosis (outlook).īut because chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease of the bone marrow, it isn't staged like most cancers. Most types of cancer are assigned a stage based on the size of the tumor and the extent of cancer spread.
