The "Best Place" for Treatment
A reader has asked where is the best place for treatment, and I'd like to add a bit to Mort's reply. I agree that there is no "best place." There are many, many fine institutions around the country which provide cutting edge medical care. As both Mort and I have said many times, there are different philosophies on how to treat lymphoma, and that is because no single way has yet proven to be curative. Additionally, there are many different types of lymphoma which require different kinds of treatment. Other factors come into play such as location. If months of treatment are necessary, it may be difficult to travel long distances. All of this leaves us, as patients, wondering what to do.
I personally believe that the best thing we can do for ourselves is to research the specific type of lymphoma we have, but unless we are lymphoma specialists, we must be very careful not to assume that our research provides all the answers. Physicians are highly trained and skilled to treat our illnesses, and they have answers to questions most of us would never know to ask.
And so the "best place" is where you, the patient, are most comfortable - with your medical team, with the location, and with the treatment plan you and your physician develop.
Betsy