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To: Scott H. Davis who wrote (7663)	3/5/2000 3:30:00 PM
From: Vector1	Respond to of 9719

Scott, You need to get the person to a major cancer center. The quality of treatment throughout the country is spotty and only at the major centers can you be relatively assured of the latest treatment protocols and potential access to clinical trials. Treatment itself can be administered locally once the regiment is detemined. I do not know enough about stage II Hodgekins to suggest a clinical trial or whether there are existing treatment protocols that are showing results. Remember in a phase III there is a 50% chance that the patient will not recieve the novel treatment. I am not sure of Hogkins (as opposed to Non Hodgekins lymphoma has been a priority since it is cuable in a high percentage of cases if caught early.)Suggested major cancer centers are Sloan Kettering in NY, CLeveland Clinic in Cleveland, UCLA in Los Angeles and Mayo Clinic in Iowa. I believe all of these centers have web-sites. If your friend is admitted into a clinical trial he/she may have to live near the cancer center for a period of time so that is a consideration. God bless and good luck. V1

To: Scott H. Davis who wrote (7663)	3/5/2000 4:45:00 PM
From: Bald Man from Mars	Respond to of 9719

sorry to hear that ... that makes me realize to put making/losing money in the correct perspective !!!

To: Scott H. Davis who wrote (7663)	3/5/2000 5:10:00 PM
From: paul ta	Respond to of 9719

Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, not Iowa? Maybe Iowa, branches? Bless, and good luck too.

To: Scott H. Davis who wrote (7663)	3/5/2000 8:38:00 PM
From: Bob L	Respond to of 9719

Please let me echo Vector1's suggestion. The most important thing is to get the patient to a regional cancer center. My elderly father, with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, followed this course and wound up in a phase III study (Bexxar). Even if your friend is not a candidate for a trial, there is the benefit of talking to doctors who are completely up to date in the latest treatments. I went along with my father and asked a lot of questions. I had done a good bit of research. I found the docs were familiar with everything, all the studies, right down to the footnotes. They provided a lot of information about treatment options in addition to the trials. Getting to a medical center may not be very difficult. With our local HMO doctor, all we had to say is "we'd like a second opinion." The response was "fine, here's a referral to the regional university health center" and soon we were talking to doctors whose names appear on some of the medical research abstracts we see posted here on SI. If the patient or someone helping him or her has a bit of scientific background, it may help to review some of the "conventional wisdom" about current treatment options. This may help in formulating questions and understanding the answers. A good place to start is the PDQ summary provided by the National Cancer Institute: cancernet.nci.nih.gov The Hodgkins summary can be found at: cancernet.nci.nih.gov Best of luck.