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Cleveland Clinic?
I have read through alot of the forum and I keep seeing the Cleveland Clinic mentioned over and over again. Is there something special about the Cleveland Clinic concerning Bladder Cancer? I did see on their website that they are one of the first to have the robotic arm that can remove bladders and do the neobladder surgery through lapscoptic. Havent done that much research on that procedure to see if that is unique or not.
I am currently seeing a Harvard trained urologist in Seattle that I have alot of respect for (Swedish Hospital) and I am not fully diagnosed yet (TURB being done in a week) for a small surface tumor (what the urologist said after the scope test)….but this Cleveland Clinic thing is interesting an I am starting to wonder if I “missed something”. If I do have cancer past the Stage Ta that my urologist believes I have, should the Cleveland Clinic be something I should consider for future treatment? My urologist hasnt given me any reason to consider a different course of treatment yet although he hasnt done a “FISH” test on me, discussed the possibility of BCG treatment aftercare or anything like that. I believe he is waiting until pathology is done determining what kind of tumor I have before he explains the next course of action so I want to give him time…but at the same time, this Cleveland Clinic thing is very interesting to me.
Have any of you actually traveled out of state to go to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment and if so, why? What am I missing?
Appreciate the feedback