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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 250 | Reverie,
I'm from East Central Florida and was treated at Shands in Gainesville. I was sent there because my case was too advanced and aggressive for the local ENTs or Oncology departments to handle. It is a teaching & research hospital connected with the University of Central Florida. Their Head & Neck Oncology department and its doctors and professors are very highly regarded throughout the world. When we first were told that I needed to go there, my husband looked it and my RO up on line. He said that my Doc was thought to be one of the 5 best experts in head & neck cancer in the world.
So yes, Shands is a very, very good place to go.
Lani
SCC part glossectomy 3/06, recur 8/06 glossectomy, floor of mouth, part of jaw removed, RT/chemo thru 10/12/06, PET clear 7/08
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn"
Passed away 12/14/08
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