Friday, July 31, 2009

Look for treatment near home, or travel?

IBC diagnosed 2 days ago. Trying to decide if it's better to travel 2 hours alone to a major cancer center or stay with my support and go to a local cancer center in our area. How important is the psychological support versus a cutting-edge hospital?
For high-risk and aggressive breast cancers, including inflammatory breast cancer, one usually has a single opportunity for cure. It is critical to find a well-trained and highly interactive team of breast cancer specialists in order to succeed. So especially for inflammatory breast cancer, it would be important to make the extra effort to find such a team. If such a team exists in your local community, then great. If it does not, the 2-hour trip is more than worth it.

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