The adult patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) requires that type with specific medical attention. For these patients , intensive chemotherapy is a big check in the treatment process. Many hospitals are not properly equipped to handle these hour long procedures. Thus, a patient's survival rate might be higher in hospitals that are experienced in delivering this kind of treatment.  This area of study is lacking because many people don't believe in the medical association of volume and outcome.

                         Haram! Putting people in danger by not having informed discussion is a big problem in this scenario. People assume because of the little amount of studies in a hospital that specializes in such related illnesses but gives attention to many patients at once does not have high survival rates. This assumption is false.

                         Statistics expose that hospitals with high volumes of patients have higher results.   In this case, the tested hypothesis was that hospitals that have a vast amount of experience treating this severe kind of cancer would have higher success rates.

                        The problem remains that, unless the government steps in, there will be little movement.  But the Netherlands have proved this theory.

                          Some people still do not believe in this theory. They feel that because of the small population it is impossible to prove.

                          We need to make sure that regardless of where you live, you have access to the proper care. This means not only the proper facilities, but those with experience in your specific illness. Nobody wants to be in a compromising situation and we must remember that we are not, all too often, worried about our own health. So let's begin to have these difficult conversations and consider how best to make sure that every person has the best care possible.

How Your Hospital Chooses Can Impact Leukemia Treatment

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