#2851 06-22-2004 06:15 AM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 31 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: May 2004 Posts: 31 | the James Cancer Hospital. It is affiliated with Ohio State University ( www.jamesline.com) Columbus Ohio
Kimberly -friend to paitent mom to 3 boys
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#2852 06-22-2004 09:43 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I don't have any personal experience with it but it is an NCI listed Comprehensive Cancer Center and that is a very good thing. They have very thorough information about head & neck and their radiation therapy treatments are state of the art, i.e., 3D conformal, IMRT, Gamma Knife, etc. I would be confortable going there...
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#2853 06-23-2004 03:00 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Isn't that a bit of drive for you, Gary? :p
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0 Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03 Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08. Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11 Cervical Myelitis 09/12 Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12 Dysautonomia 11/12 Hospice care 09/12-01/13. COPD 01/14 Intermittent CHF 6/15 Feeding tube NPO 03/16 VFI 12/2016 ORN 12/2017 Cardiac Event 06/2018 Bilateral VFI 01/2021 Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022 Bilateral VFI 05/2022 Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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