Hopkins is a top place for surgery. A personal friend who is a physician traveled to Baltimore from St. Louis, MO. Barnes Jewish in St. Louis is a top regional medical center. He had been told he was not a surgical candidate due to a single metastasis to the liver in St. Louis and had a second opinion from Dr. He at John's Hopkins. Dr. He has a national reputation. My friend did very well with his surgery at Hopkins after having neoadjuvant therapy in St. Louis. He
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I have a local oncologist who has given me my chemo locally and a consultant at MSKCC. I live two hours away from MSKCC and chemo would be difficult. The closest place to get chemo thru MSKCC would be an hour away. I only travel 10 minutes to my local oncologist. I want to have local doctors I can call on in an emergency. There are challenges in receiving treatment in two places but well worth the effort. Your doctors will need to be able to collaborate in your care. This is a challenge. Chemo drugs will work the same no matter where they are given, but when it comes to surgery, no substitute for a top surgeon.