Berlusconi reacting well, leukemia treatable - sources

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 6 - Silvio Berlusconi is reacting well to his chemo therapy for chronic leukemia and antibiotics for pneumonia in a Milan hospital and this form of leukemia is treatable, sources close to the three-time ex-premier and media mogul told ANSA Thursday.
    The conditions of the 86-year-old media billionaire "today mark an encouraging improvement on yesterday," the sources said.
    "Although the situation imposes the utmost prudence, the ex-premier is reacting in a positive way to the antibiotic therapy decided to treat the pneumonia which arose in the last few days.
    "The form of chronic leukemia he has been affected with for some time is not rare for individuals of his age and it is normally treated with minimally invasive therapies, permitting an almost normal quality of life". (ANSA).