Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Tower, I'll chime in with the mantra of get the best you can manage. Another one here who had to travel to a different location, in my case from Guangdong Province into Hong Kong. During the SARS epedimic no less at one stage. While the hospital I went to by iteslf isnt' a large cancer center, the cancer center there is affiliated with MSKCC and works in partnership with them. The Surgeon who did the operations was from a clinic that specializes in head and neck cancers in Vancouver, and the RAD oncologist previously worked for a hospital that specialized in head and neck cancers here in HK.
If there's a major cancer center on Barbados, check out their affiliations and possible willingness to work with a major center in getting together a treatment plan. Sometimes being in remote geographic locations require some imaginate and creative treatment options.
Bob
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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