#76923 07-14-2008 12:06 PM | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 17 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 17 | Where can I find rankings of best treatment centers / physicians for head and neck cancer? Specifically, my mother has throat cancer.
My mother has had one diagnosis in Fredericksburg, Virginia and will go for a second in Baltimore, MD at Johns Hopkins this weekend.
Daughter (30 yrs.) to awesome Mom (67 yrs.)
Diagnosed 7/2008 with T3or4N3cM0, squamous cell carcinoma.
Completed induction chemo (TPF) 8/08 and radiation/chemo 11/08. Successfully removed tumor via neck dissection 9/09 and went home from hospital in good spirits.
Joined the Lord Oct. 2009.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Go to the OFC home page and look up Comprehensive Cancer Centers. You can't go wrong seeking their opinion.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 | Just FYI, since you are going there anyway, in the newest U.S. News & World Report rankings of hospitals across the country, Johns Hopkins is #3 for overall treatment of cancer (behind M.D. Anderson in Houston and Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC) and #1 for ear/nose/throat. -- Leslie
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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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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 | My father is being treated at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA. His H&N surgeon is considered to be one of the best. If you would like his name send me a PM and I'll be happy to pass it along.
Joy
CG to Father, 75 yo with SCC of the mouth; upper maxillectomy and neck diss. performed on 5/23/07. Father also suffered heart attack during surgery and now has CHF. RT complete on 8/28/07. Cancer back 11/27/07. RT and Chemo to start on 12/17. Cancer back 6/17/08. Finally at rest 08/08/08.
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