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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / February 2005Colon cancer treatment - Anderson or Sloan Kettering
A friend of mine here in Spain has just been diagnosed with colon cancer. She has been recommended that she go to either Anderson or Sloan Kettering. Could anybody make a specific recommendation? I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I'm afraid I really don't have any sources of reliable information. Thanks! > A friend of mine here in Spain has just been diagnosed with colon > cancer. She has been recommended that she go to either Anderson or > Sloan Kettering. Could anybody make a specific recommendation? I'm > sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I'm afraid I really > don't have any sources of reliable information. Thanks! What stage, Jay? and/or is there a problem finding an experienced colorectal surgeon in Spain? J They have found a 2cm long malignant tumor, but I'm afraid I don't know a lot more. She always goes to the U.S. for medical treatment (as do many Spaniards) as she feels she gets the best treatment there. What I'm really looking for is to know who is really the top authority on colon cancer in the U.S. Thanks very much. > They have found a 2cm long malignant tumor, but I'm afraid I don't know > a lot more. She always goes to the U.S. for medical treatment (as do > many Spaniards) as she feels she gets the best treatment there. What > I'm really looking for is to know who is really the top authority on > colon cancer in the U.S. Thanks very much. Join and ask the mailing list at ACOR http://www.acor.org Mailing lists under "C" for colorectal http://listserv.acor.org/archives/colon.html There's almost 800 subscribers there. HTH J Last report is that surgery is very likely. Thank you very much for the help. >A friend of mine here in Spain has just been diagnosed with colon > cancer. She has been recommended that she go to either Anderson or > Sloan Kettering. Could anybody make a specific recommendation? I'm > sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I'm afraid I really > don't have any sources of reliable information. Thanks! The correct treatment is surgery, and I'm sure that a good spanish surgeon is as good as anyone from anywhere else I don't know much about Anderson, but my good friend is currently being treated at Sloan for stomach cancer. He has a difficult cancer and feels good about being at Sloan. Sloan is a top facility; Dr. Shaw is a young and very good oncologist in the gastric division of Sloan. Oncologists at any cancer hospital have access the same treatments and they tailor it to the individual. Sloan is a hospital that specializes in each cancer and also has "non-approved" experimental drugs and trials that can be attempted if "approved" therapy is unresponsive. It's also a well-run facility with a nice environment. That's no small thing. Wish you and your friend all the best! > A friend of mine here in Spain has just been diagnosed with colon > cancer. She has been recommended that she go to either Anderson or > Sloan Kettering. Could anybody make a specific recommendation? I'm > sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I'm afraid I really > don't have any sources of reliable information. Thanks! > I don't know much about Anderson, but my good friend is currently > being treated at Sloan for stomach cancer. He has a difficult cancer [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > unresponsive. It's also a well-run facility with a nice environment. > That's no small thing. Wish you and your friend all the best! Translation?: Cancer is incurable but since I'm going to die, I'd rather spend the time in a luxurious hospital, rather than get my affairs in order and maybe take a cruise, where all my needs will be met. Staying permanently on a cruise is cheaper than long term care in an assisted living facility. Cabin steward will bring you meds, meals are prepared that are more frequent and higher quality than in a nursing home, you see interesting places, etc. (or so I hear) Take a hospice nurse with him. J |
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