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Second Opinions
Greetings:
My wife has stage IV BC. She was initially diagnosed and treated for Stage II in 2003. In June of this year she was diagnosed with mets to lung and bones. Since that time she has been on Taxol and herceptin. She is with the oncologist who did her first round of tx, but I think it would be a good time to have some else review her case.
i am interested in hearing other people's experiences with second opinions. How you decided when to get one (or not to get one), how you selected a doc to do the review, did it have impact on your tx, did it have impact on your relationship with your onc.
As I read materials on this site and elsewhere I believe the onc is doing a good job, but a new perspective won't hurt. I wonder about looking to one of the big name cancer centers, Dana Farber and the NYC hospitals are within reach for us.
Thanks, i look forward to your comments.
Steve
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