 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Are you in NY City? If so, there are indeed lots of places you czn go where you will get a team approach to your cancer the best option probably being Sloan Kettering (in terms of national rankings). I am in upstate NY where there are not many options close by. If you live there, there is Roswell Park which is a CCC in Buffalo, and other hospitals in Rochester, Syracuse and Albany that are not CCCs but do have tumor boards and will use a team approach to your cancer. There's also the Robert Packer hosptial in Sayre, PA (just over the state line) which might be closer. Whereever you are, PLEASE take this advice and go somewhere where there is a team experienced in treating oral cancer.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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