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Cancer Treatment Center – Phoenix

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    • May 6, 2016 at 3:27 pm
    Springcreek
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    I just want to recommend Cancer Treatment Center in Phoenix (Goodyear) for any of you considering treatment options.  They are absolutely wonderful.  They treat the whole person, not just the cancer and they are so knowledgeable about melanoma.  They have oncologists, surgeons, and care givers who specialize in melanoma.  

    I had surgery for my melanoma in September and am cancer free now.   It was only stage II but I met others at the center with stage IV melanoma and they are doing well today.  

    Cancer patients, no matter what type, are treated so special at this hospital.  Every time I go I feel like a queen instead of a statistic. It's worth a call if you are looking for help on your cancer journey. And, no, I don't work for them but if I lived in Phoenix I'd like to.  

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      • May 6, 2016 at 4:16 pm
      jpg
      Participant

      Cancer Treatment Centers of America is known as being FOR profit, not taking insurance, not doing research and isn't approved by the National Cancer Institute.  They may treat you like a queen, but their pockets get lined to do so and i would make sure the treatment is up-to-date.  I would choose Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale instead.

        • May 7, 2016 at 12:38 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        Sloan Memmorial Kettering is for profit and does not take insurance either.  In my experience, most places that are run for profit treat the patient as the customer (instead of the insurance company) and they'll provide you with the codes so you can submit a claim to your insurance company for at least partial reimbursement.

        • May 7, 2016 at 12:38 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        Sloan Memmorial Kettering is for profit and does not take insurance either.  In my experience, most places that are run for profit treat the patient as the customer (instead of the insurance company) and they'll provide you with the codes so you can submit a claim to your insurance company for at least partial reimbursement.

        • May 7, 2016 at 1:05 am
        Toby0987
        Participant
        • May 7, 2016 at 1:05 am
        Toby0987
        Participant
        • May 7, 2016 at 1:18 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        That's an interesting article, thanks!  I had no previous experience with CTCA and was just commenting on the "for profit" aspect.  If it's true that CTCA only accepts people it believes will keep their survival statistics high, then I guess it's good news if they accept you for treatment!

        • May 7, 2016 at 1:18 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        That's an interesting article, thanks!  I had no previous experience with CTCA and was just commenting on the "for profit" aspect.  If it's true that CTCA only accepts people it believes will keep their survival statistics high, then I guess it's good news if they accept you for treatment!

        • May 7, 2016 at 1:18 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        That's an interesting article, thanks!  I had no previous experience with CTCA and was just commenting on the "for profit" aspect.  If it's true that CTCA only accepts people it believes will keep their survival statistics high, then I guess it's good news if they accept you for treatment!

        • May 7, 2016 at 1:05 am
        Toby0987
        Participant
        • May 7, 2016 at 12:38 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        Sloan Memmorial Kettering is for profit and does not take insurance either.  In my experience, most places that are run for profit treat the patient as the customer (instead of the insurance company) and they'll provide you with the codes so you can submit a claim to your insurance company for at least partial reimbursement.

        • May 7, 2016 at 2:50 am
        Springcreek
        Participant

        I thought this was a supportive online group for melanoma patients.  Apparently I was wrong.  I simply shared my good experience with CTCA .  

        • May 7, 2016 at 2:50 am
        Springcreek
        Participant

        I thought this was a supportive online group for melanoma patients.  Apparently I was wrong.  I simply shared my good experience with CTCA .  

        • May 7, 2016 at 11:53 am
        ed williams
        Participant

        Hi Springcreek, it probably has something to do with the fact that your first 2 post on the forum where of a promotional nature!!!! Most people come here asking for advice and every once and awhile some one come here to sell a product or service. If you spend a little time on the forum and read some of the post from the past, then I think your opinion will change. Ed

        • May 7, 2016 at 11:53 am
        ed williams
        Participant

        Hi Springcreek, it probably has something to do with the fact that your first 2 post on the forum where of a promotional nature!!!! Most people come here asking for advice and every once and awhile some one come here to sell a product or service. If you spend a little time on the forum and read some of the post from the past, then I think your opinion will change. Ed

        • May 7, 2016 at 11:53 am
        ed williams
        Participant

        Hi Springcreek, it probably has something to do with the fact that your first 2 post on the forum where of a promotional nature!!!! Most people come here asking for advice and every once and awhile some one come here to sell a product or service. If you spend a little time on the forum and read some of the post from the past, then I think your opinion will change. Ed

        • May 7, 2016 at 2:50 am
        Springcreek
        Participant

        I thought this was a supportive online group for melanoma patients.  Apparently I was wrong.  I simply shared my good experience with CTCA .  

      • May 6, 2016 at 4:16 pm
      jpg
      Participant

      Cancer Treatment Centers of America is known as being FOR profit, not taking insurance, not doing research and isn't approved by the National Cancer Institute.  They may treat you like a queen, but their pockets get lined to do so and i would make sure the treatment is up-to-date.  I would choose Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale instead.

      • May 6, 2016 at 4:16 pm
      jpg
      Participant

      Cancer Treatment Centers of America is known as being FOR profit, not taking insurance, not doing research and isn't approved by the National Cancer Institute.  They may treat you like a queen, but their pockets get lined to do so and i would make sure the treatment is up-to-date.  I would choose Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale instead.

      • May 7, 2016 at 1:08 am
      Toby0987
      Participant

      Wow-CTCA sounds to good to be true. I think I heard a saying about that but I can't think of it is right now.

      • May 7, 2016 at 1:08 am
      Toby0987
      Participant

      Wow-CTCA sounds to good to be true. I think I heard a saying about that but I can't think of it is right now.

        • May 7, 2016 at 12:19 pm
        jpg
        Participant

        Too good to be true usually isn't.   SLoan Kettering does cover with insurance and happens to be the top research facility for melanoma in the world.  Show me a place (CTCA) that DOES NOT do research approved by the National Cancer Institute and I will not go there.  Yes, the cancer centers are all profit making non profits that is true, but I will stick with the experts and approval by the National Cancer Institute.  and something tells me this person works for CTCA.

        • May 7, 2016 at 12:19 pm
        jpg
        Participant

        Too good to be true usually isn't.   SLoan Kettering does cover with insurance and happens to be the top research facility for melanoma in the world.  Show me a place (CTCA) that DOES NOT do research approved by the National Cancer Institute and I will not go there.  Yes, the cancer centers are all profit making non profits that is true, but I will stick with the experts and approval by the National Cancer Institute.  and something tells me this person works for CTCA.

        • May 8, 2016 at 2:34 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        My apologies, jpg, I was misinformed about Sloan Kettering.  They evidently do take insurance and they are a non-profit.  I'll stop listening to my brother.

        • May 8, 2016 at 2:34 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        My apologies, jpg, I was misinformed about Sloan Kettering.  They evidently do take insurance and they are a non-profit.  I'll stop listening to my brother.

        • May 8, 2016 at 2:34 am
        DZnDef
        Participant

        My apologies, jpg, I was misinformed about Sloan Kettering.  They evidently do take insurance and they are a non-profit.  I'll stop listening to my brother.

        • May 7, 2016 at 12:19 pm
        jpg
        Participant

        Too good to be true usually isn't.   SLoan Kettering does cover with insurance and happens to be the top research facility for melanoma in the world.  Show me a place (CTCA) that DOES NOT do research approved by the National Cancer Institute and I will not go there.  Yes, the cancer centers are all profit making non profits that is true, but I will stick with the experts and approval by the National Cancer Institute.  and something tells me this person works for CTCA.

      • May 7, 2016 at 1:08 am
      Toby0987
      Participant

      Wow-CTCA sounds to good to be true. I think I heard a saying about that but I can't think of it is right now.

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