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Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 9 | IT's likely my hubby will need radiation therapy.......where should we go for treatment? We live in a small midwest town
~shelydiane
shelydiane
Wife and CG to husband Dale (age 55)
DX with SCC left cheek, Stage 2+
Surgery 3/13/13 and RND (30 lymph nodes), all negative
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | The closest and best ccc you can get to - a lot of places have hope lodges where you can stay for free during the week. Best of luck Christine has a list of CCCs choose one and ask for a referral. A local hospital is ok for something's but when its cancer you need to be where the best treatment is.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Here is a list of top cancer centers. This is very important! Do not let location choose your husbands fate. The top centers have the best physicians who are the most experienced. It really does make a difference! NCI Cancer Centers
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 421 Likes: 1 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 421 Likes: 1 | Hi shelydiane, I echo the other posts. Finding a Comprehensive Cancer Center gives your husband the best chance. Here is another link to check out. I was in the same boat locally and sought treatment 2 hours from my home at Johns Hopkins. The Cancer Society's Hope Lodge put us up. http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/cancer"T"
Last edited by fishmanpa; 03-19-2013 09:11 PM.
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Cardiac bypass 11/07
Cardiac stents 10/2012
Dx'd 11/30/2012 Tx N2b MO Stage IV HPV+
Palatine Tonsillectomy/Biopsies 12-21-12
Selective Neck Dissection/Lingual Tonsillectomy/biopsies TORS 2/7/13
Emergency Surgery/Bleeding 2/18/13
3/13/2013 30rads/6chemo
Finished Tx 4/24/13
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