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How do I get a Second Opinion (cancer)?

Cancer | Last Active: Jan 21 10:40pm | Replies (43)

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I think it’s similar to deciding where to get your exotic foreign sports car worked on. I’m probably not taking the Maserati to a shade tree mechanic. Not because I think the latter isn’t a wizard mechanic. But he doesn’t know Maserati because he never sees them.

If I have cancer, I’m confident the Cancer Center my local hospital is justifiably proud of has common cancers dialed in - my mucinous Adenocarcinoma among them. But for the types that are complex, hard to diagnose and harder to successfully treat - I’m seeking Mayo or Anderson or Sloan Kettering because they see everything.
That process needs to be, and I’m glad to say I believe is, accessible and ordinary.

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I agree! And although I went to MD Anderson because it was the closest to me, I would have happily chosen Mayo Clinic. My sister has good things to say about Mayo. My sister in law went to Memorial Sloan Kettering because she is across the River from NY and was happy with her care.