Associations between cohabitation status, treatment, and outcome in AML patients: a national population-based study.

TO THE EDITOR: Marital status is known to affect timely diagnosis, definitive treatment, and survival in solid cancers.[1][1] In contrast, inpatient management of hematological malignancies including acute leukemia has been suggested to reduce importance of adherence and home support when compared

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