Question on Cancer Treatment Centers of America

[Guest guest]

Has anyone gone to a Cancer Treatment Center facility and gone through their

10 week chemo-therapy treatment and all along you are being told that the cancer

is getting better then at the 10 week mark they do some final scans and the word

is that they have 90% of the cancer under control but need to do surgery to get

the last 10%?

 

This is the situation I went through at the Philadelphia Center and feel that

this

is a standard line given to patients that in actuality have almost terminal

cancer

but CTCA goes ahead and does an unecessary surgery just for the insurance

monies.

 

This sounds harsh but I know at least one other patient, from the Pittsburgh

area,

had the same story told to them as it was told to my wife and myself. Please let

me

know if you know anyone that had a similar situation at any of the Cancer

Treatment

Centers around the United States. Thanks.

[Guest guest]

, " georgem5_16 "

<georgem5_16 wrote:

>

> Has anyone gone to a Cancer Treatment Center facility and gone through their

> 10 week chemo-therapy treatment and all along you are being told that the

cancer

> is getting better then at the 10 week mark they do some final scans and the

word

> is that they have 90% of the cancer under control but need to do surgery to

get

> the last 10%?

>

> This is the situation I went through at the Philadelphia Center and feel that

this

> is a standard line given to patients that in actuality have almost terminal

cancer

> but CTCA goes ahead and does an unecessary surgery just for the insurance

monies.

>

> This sounds harsh but I know at least one other patient, from the Pittsburgh

area,

> had the same story told to them as it was told to my wife and myself. Please

let me

> know if you know anyone that had a similar situation at any of the Cancer

Treatment

> Centers around the United States. Thanks.

>

I would suggest you ask this question on cancercompass.com. This is a great site

for cancer patients and caregivers where you can ask questions. I know of

someone now in Florida, had chemo, surgery, radiation and more chemo to get the

cancer in remission. I also know of someone who had chemo and surgery stage 4,

been in remission 5 years and they told her cured. I would also suggest a great

book " Cancer and the Lord's Prayer. "