Hi:
My child was diagnosed with AML, underwent extensive chemo, a bone marrow transplant, had GVHD [a transplant/rejection problem] and is now fine. This is a very long and very rough ride ahead of your friend, her family and her friends.
The best cancer hospitals and treatment centers also tend to be the top research and teaching hospitals, such as Johns Hopkins, Fred Hutchison, M.D. Anderson, etc. There are other hospitals that are probably as good but happen to be less well known. You can identify a good prospect by looking up the NCI or NIH cancer clinical trials. The best cancer hospitals are always involved in several cancer clinical trials simultaneously. Because your friend has AML, it's equally important that the hospital treating her AML also has an excellent track record in doing bone marrow transplants and in diagnosing and treating GVHD [Graft Versus Host Disease].
[url="http://www.nci.nih.gov/"]http://www.nci.nih.gov/[/url]
Something that you may want to know about AML - the five year survival rate is much higher for people who have a bone marrow [or peripheral blood stem cell] transplant. Your friend will need to find a "match" [donor]. Call or look up the Bone Marrow Foundation or the National Bone Marrow Registry for more information about this.
Good luck,
Jay
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