Teamshrink, I was treated at an extension of a CCC near my house and there were some issues with that, I think, in terms of the care I got there vs. had I gone to the main campus of the CCC (3 hours away).

I went to another CCC entirely for a second opinion and got quite a different opinion about what should be done at first. I didn't go to the other CCC for treatment, though, because it was in a city 6 hours away and when I came back here, the place here said they would give me the treatment the other CCC recommended. BUT the rad. oncologist here did not specialize solely in head and neck cancer radiation and I think that MAY have made a difference in my results (I have had about every serious long term side effect of radiation you can have), although that's pretty hard to say with any certainty.

I would recommend a second opinion or at the VERY least a consult with MD Anderson in Houston (but I think an independent opinion at another CCC can't hurt).

Nelie