Eric,

I guess I'm a little late in chimming in, but I'm also a M. D. Anderson "graduate." I decided to get my treatment there because my research consistently showed them to be top cancer center in the country. Given that they were here in Texas, I mainly wanted to take the best shot I could at defeating the disease. I didn't want to get my treatment in Austin and then find myself in the future saying I should have gone to M. D. Anderson. If you take your best shot, then no matter what happens you took your best shot.

They treat me very well. Yes, they are busy, but the best treatment available is worth the wait. You can't go wrong getting treated at MD.

-Brett

Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.