Here is a list of the top treatment facilities in the US. The place you have mentioned is not on the list of top centers. One thing that many people dont know is just because a place has "Cancer Center" in its name doesnt mean it really is one of the best places to be treated. Most members have been treated at the centers on this list. The names I hear most often around here are Moffitt, Johns Hopkins, Sloan-Kettering, and MD Anderson.

With recurrences you will want to be treated at a TOP cancer center (comprehensive cancer center or CCC). It can be especially important to get treated quickly and by the best doctors. Dont let location choose your fate. Many of the top CCC's have free places to stay nearby while you are being treated.

list of top Cancer Centers

Good luck!!!!

Christine
SCC 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 smile