Here is the list of the country's top cancer treatment facilities. This list includes both CCCs and cancer centers (CCs) who are approved by the NCI.

List of CCCs

It really does matter where a patient is treated. Studies have been done on this and the patients who are treated at CCCs have a better survival rate. At CCC's you will find the brightest and most experienced physicians who treat hundreds of OC patients per year. Smaller facilities may only see a handful of cases per year so the doctors do not treat many OC patients so they see alot less of all the side effects and everything else that goes along with it. Plus the CCCs use a team based approach which benefits the patient tremendously as everyone is on the same page. Bottom line, its your decision to make about where to get treated. You want to get the very best medical team you are able to, your life depends on it.

We at the Oral Cancer Foundation can help you with many things including help with your PEG in the middle of the night. There are places next door to many of these facilities where they have rooms for free or very nominal cost ($5 or $10 a night) to cover meals. Some airlines will even fly patients for free when traveling for treatment. I can give you these links if you need them.

Good luck!!!!