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#9992 03-21-2007 05:07 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 18 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 18 | Does anyone out there have experience with a Cancer Treatment & Wellness Center?
Wife & CG to Joe.
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#9993 03-21-2007 06:25 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | Hello jm-cm No experiance. You might want to try www.seattlecancerwellness.com I'm sure you will have more responses by 8:00 am{EST} from Experianced people. PeteyB
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#9994 03-22-2007 03:27 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 18 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 18 | Thanks PeteyB.
I see that you got your biopsy results back. Good luck with next steps. We'll be thinking about you.
Chris
Wife & CG to Joe.
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#9995 03-22-2007 06:23 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If it's "Cancer Treatment Centers of America", here is a link to them on Quackwatch http://www.quackwatch.org/search/webglimpse.cgi?ID=1&query=cancer+treatment+centers+of+America I see that they altered their name - hmmm. I have to admit their late night TV adds look impressive but conversely I don't see ANY legitimate CC's or CCC's running late night adds. DO NOT CONFUSE this organization with a CC or CCC! If you're in Seattle go to Fred Hutchinson (AKA Cancer Alliance) http://www.fhcrc.org/patient/
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#9996 03-22-2007 08:06 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 | Yes, the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center is part of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).
Another person posted here several months ago that he had gone to the CTCA facility in Illinois for a second opinion and did not hear anything back for weeks (if at all). He ended up at the Indiana University CCC, where he was seen and treated quickly. At the time he was posting, CTCA had NO specialists in head and neck cancer on its staff in any of its facilities -- and with this disease you need to see specialists who are very familiar with it.
Many of the leading cancer centers, including Fred Hutchinson/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, offer the same sorts of complementary therapies (spiritual, psychological, etc.) as CTCA -- plus the specialized medical care.
All the best,
Leslie
Leslie
April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.
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