#60611 04-17-2007 11:30 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 | What is your opinion of the Cancer Centers of America that I see advertized on TV?
I don't recall seeing anything on here about them and wondered why.
Thank you
Marlene
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#60612 04-17-2007 02:37 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | In General topics. Go to 2nd page. See topic WELLNESS CENTER EXPERIANCE posted by JM-CM 3-22-07 I believe this may help you.
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#60613 04-17-2007 03:13 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | As a very commercial operation, they do not make anyone's list of the best places to go in the US. While I do not wish to speek ill of any particular doctor that may be in their employ, they just don't have the best reputation as a group of hospitals. For a reference of the best places in the US, just go to the main web site - resources page, and about halfway down you will see a link called "Best Hospitals". This is a link to a very unbiased survey of cancer treatment facilities rated 1 to 50 in the order of ranking. It is published each year by US News and World Reports. You can't buy your ranking here. CCofA doesn't even make the list.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#60614 04-17-2007 07:42 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 |
Gary Allsebrook
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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)
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