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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 09:33 PM
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Hey. If you have cancer, try to get to the Boston VAMC. I was
diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma in '06 and went to the Dana Farber Medical Center where a doc told me the best cancer care in the city was at the VA. I did and I'm now cancer free.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 09:48 PM
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1. Boston VAMC is Part of Harvard Med School
Edited on Sat Jun-12-10 09:49 PM by MannyGoldstein
As is Dana Farber and many other hospitals in Boston, so they have some of the finest medical minds on staff. And the VA is great because it's evidence-based and well organized.

A dynamite combination. I'm glad they kicked your cancer's butt!
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 09:56 PM
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2. VAs around the country get a lot of the best medical students as
student-doctors and residents.
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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 09:45 PM
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5. The guy who handled my case was head of oncology at Harvard Med
when he wasn't at the VA. What a change from only a few years ago.
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 10:00 PM
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3. Congratulations on being cancer free, Old Troop!
Nice to hear some good news for a change!

:yourock:
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-10 03:29 AM
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4. Wonderful news. Congrats, OT.
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