en Healt care Management پژوهشي Original article <strong>Background:</strong> Leukemia is the fifth most common cancer among both genders. The prevalence of this type of cancer has been increasing in Iran. According to the Iranian Cancer Registry System, leukemia is among the first four cancer cases in terms of causing mortality. Considering the importance of survival rate of patients with acute cancers in Iran, this study aimed to study survival of patients with acute adult leukemia in Iran systematically.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, all articles on the survival rate of patients with acute leukemia were searched throughout the Google scholar<span dir="RTL">,</span>web of science, PubMed<span dir="RTL">,</span> Scopus, Cochrane of science, Cochrane, Magiran, Irandoc, IranMedex and SID websites. Our search included the articles published up toJune 2017. Using the keywords of Iran, <span dir="RTL">،</span> Leukemia, <span dir="RTL">،</span> Survival rate, blood cancer, life expectancy and their compositions. The search process was completed by two researchers independently. Then, all the reviewed articles and theses that met our inclusion criteria were examined. The data were analyzed using a comprehensive meta-analysis software and by running the Cochran test.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> We investigated eight studies with a sample of 1219 people in our meta-analysis. The findings showed that the 1-year survival rate for adults with acute leukemia was 61 % and the 5-year survival rate was 48 %.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the research findings, the survival rate of patients with acute leukemia in Iran is the same as other countries.<br> &nbsp; Iran, Leukemia, Survival rate, meta-analysis, Systematic study 281 289 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-51-20&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Roohollah Askari Yes Department of Health Services Management, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Mohammad Ranjbar No Health Policy Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Mehran Nakhaeizadeh No Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Shiva Sheikholeslami No Department of Health care Management, International Campus, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Sara Sepehrifar No Department of Biology Sciences in Sport, Sport Sciences Faculty, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman Morteza Adhami No Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Zeinab Shabooni No Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran