 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | Dear Tulsa - The standard of care is established by the NCCN Guidelines. Their treatment protocols are used by the top NCI designated cancer centers. This was set up so that smaller regional hospitals would have some idea what the big institutions were having success with. The NCCN guidelines today are for a combination of chemo and radiation, but not everyone adheres to them. You can find a current copy of the guidelines in the treatment section of the main OCF web site. They vary depending on location of tumor and staging.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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