Lizzie,
My cousin who lives in NYC had his treatment for kidney cancer at Sloan-Kettering. He highly recommends it, and he is cured. He said his surgeon was one of the best in the world for that surgery. I'm sure there are other places, but Sloan-Kettering has a great reputation as a cancer center. Whatever you do, you should not let too much time elapse following your surgery and your "second or third" treatments. And you won't feel just super following surgery, even robotic, so hopefully you've got appointments set up now.
Good luck to you. Sounds like you know what you want, and I hope you find it.
Anne
SCC tongue 9/2010, excised w/clear margins:8 X 4 mm, 1 mm deep
Neck Met, 10/2010, 1 cm lymph node; 12/21/'10: Neck Diss 30 nodes, 29 clear, micro ECE node, part tongue gloss, no residual scc
IMRT & 6 cisplatin 1/20/11-2/28/11 at MDA
GIST tumor sarcoma, removed 9/2011, no chemo needed
Clear on both counts as of Fall, 2021
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