Hi Pam,
Unlike you, I happened upon this site when my husband was reaching the end of his treatment. Initially we were in a similar state of mind and researching treatment and hospitals seemed overwhelming. I think a lot of decision making in health care is based upon available resources and access to care. In our case, we chose a local cancer care center with experienced staff who came up with a treatment plan and were able to implement each aspect of treatment quickly and efficiently. It was a simple treatment plan (radiation and chemo) but there can be a lot of complications, Looking back, the most important part of the treatment plan was the ability of the team to coordinate the care and communicate with each other and most importantly, with us�an unusual experience given the number of specialties involved�from oncologists to pharmacists to nutritionists to the guy who delivered the cans of liquid nutrition