 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Well the county hospital systems vary widely in California. I had a good friend who got treated for stage IV small oat cell lung cancer at Highland hospital in Alameda County and she received state of the art treatment and the latest chemo cocktails. She is a three year survivor (small oat cell is one of the most lethal cancers - 5% 5 year survival rate). She also received brain radiation as a prophylactic measure as brain mets are very common with this form of cancer. It had also metasticized to the esophogus and they treated that with radiation as well. They faithfully followed the NCCN guidelines and most of the docs had their training at UCSFCCC. Many of the county medical centers are teaching hospitals as well. They aren't all bad.
If you don't own property why not get on MediCal and get treated at City of Hope?
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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