MD ANDERSON

You can also send them you scans and reports and they will review. 

I had a second opinion consult a week ago at their new center in metro Phx and I am DEFINITELY going there for radiation and surgery after chemo. I live three hours away and will have to live there for radiation and I'm going to make that work. Very, very impressed.

I'm getting treatment at md anderson right now. I'm having rads after a lumpectomy. I think it is simply excellent. I haven't liked everyone I've dealt with, but it is hard to imagine a better place.



Most of the doctors are hyper-bright, and the staff are genuinely caring. It might be that a different opinion is equally good, but it's almost certainly not better.

It is where I got my treatment. Can't say enough about the state of the art, cutting edge of breast cancer treatment.  I traveled back and forth from Colorado and every mile was worth it.

My husband died of cancer 16 years ago and we didn't get a second opinion. His tx was botched--his hickman fell out of his chest, they weren't giving him the proper dose of rads and not in the right place.  This was at my local hospital. I vowed never to get tx there again and that I would always get a second opinion. My oncologist is 45" away, so I'll be driving there for tx.  When the time comes for surgery/rad, I'll be going to MD Anderson in Phx. The MD onc. agreed with my own onc, and said actually that it's more important to get skilled surgeons and radiologists than an onc. since the protocol depending on your case is about the same for chemo.  She even called me a day later and asked me to ask my biopsy surgeon about a slight discrepancy on my pathology report! They are thorough. As I said before--I was ready to move in and will go there when surgery and rad comes up.

Definitely worth it! They saved my life, literally!!!! Why wait, why not go now?

They picked mine. I love her. I am seen in the IBC clinic so I do not know if she sees all BC patients. Dr. Melham.

I am so glad you liked MDACC, when I was diagnosed I signed as a volunteer, to meet cancer patients, never had met one before.

After my treatments, I was offered a position and I said yes! We, the staff really care for our patients, we keep up on how they are doing and try to make it easier while they are with us.

I remember all my patients, I was not the only person that had cancer when hired ,my director had and several others.

I have seen doctors and RN cry when they loose a patient, and we celebrate when they visit us , years after diagnosis, we have had patients that got married in the Chapel, that bring their kids to meet us, I love working here.

We have had patients that did not want to leave the nest we built for our patients.

I did not have my treatments at MDACC, because I had my chemo at home. My oncologist preferred this way.

Also when a new patient comes , we have a conference and present the patient medical information and everybody gives a medical opinion, this way a patients gets the best  care.