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Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 3 | I am being treated in my hometown. My Oncologist is listed #12 in the Nation. I feel quite confident in her but wonder should I have gone to a cancer treatment center.
Is there a huge difference in treatment and survival rate depending on where you go?
I am on a CRT treatment plan. Chemo once a week with RT 5 days a week and have 15 more RT and 2 more chemo left. So far I have tolerated the treatments very well. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8 | There was a very recent thread about this recently. Please take a look at this link to read about the importance of where you are treated. Yes it DOES make a difference where you are treated. CtT of A thread Since you are in the middle of your treatments its not really an option to make any changes at this time. Trust your team.
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 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 71 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 71 | The treatment that you mentioned is the current standard of care treatment, so that should give you some comfort. Also changing horses midstream isn't done in this process, and even if you wanted to go to another institution, it is unlikely that unless there was some medical malpractice issue, that anyone would pick up someone else's work in the middle of it all.
If you had stated that you were getting some kind of unusual treatment I would be concerned, but it sounds like your local facility is using the NCCN standard.
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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