What About Getting Your Treatment at Cancer Treatment Centers of America?

I’ve seen a lot of ads for Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Recently a friend told me that he had made an appointment to be seen at the one of their hospitals for an evaluation of his cancer.

A quick Google search revealed the following troubling Reuters article:

Special Report: Behind a cancer-treatment firm’s rosy survival claims
BY SHARON BEGLEY AND ROBIN RESPAUT
Wed Mar 6, 2013.

If, for any reason, I had a patient who was unsure about his local oncology prognosis or local treatment plan and was willing to travel, I would suggest that he get a consultation at someplace like MD Anderson.

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