Re: Cancer Treatment Centers of America?

[Guest guest]

Hi

Sorry to hear about your father and sorry I can't help you but i tried to get

the same information from several groups about 6 weeks ago after my husband was

diagnosed with cancer. My husband wanted conventional treatment and i wanted the

more gentle alternative treatments, i liked CCA because they offer both. In the

end my husband decided he didn't want to travel so far for treatments. We are

using both alternative and conventional treatments ay home. If and when my

husbands cancer gets too bad i would consider going to see them.

I don't think the first visit costs anything if you find they are not for you,

and if you decide to go with them they do work with insurance companies so

there is little out of pocket expense to you. You can also find out before you

go if your insurance company will pay the costs.

Phone them with any questions anytime, i always found them willing to answer any

question i had. Please let me know what you decide and how you get on should

you decide to go to CCA.

If i can help in any other way please email me.

Take care, Jackie

Payne wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with this place, either personally or

through a friend or family member?

[Guest guest]

Hi :

> Does anyone have any experience with this place, either personally or

> through a friend or family member? I know in 1996 they were slapped

> around a little bit by the FTC and they've been reported on by

> quackwatch, but I'm not too concerned about all of that.

==>I didn't know that the FTC investigated them - how interesting. I guess

that's why their slick commercials now have that teeny little printed

disclaimer on them. I called them a few months ago to find out what kind of

treatment they had (I have aggressive breast cancer), which is nothing

special or different than any other treatment offered by a local oncologist.

You can go to a natropath for add'l help w/herbs, vitamins, etc. What

really turned me off of them is that when they asked what kind of insurance

I have (Medicare), I was told I 'wasn't eligible' for treatment with them.

Huh?? I pressed and insisted they explain this and finally got the truth

out of the deskwarmer I was talking to: they absolutely refuse to treat

anyone who has Medicare, Medicaid, mediocre insurance, lousy insurance or no

insurance. They only want patients with excellent insurance that they can

milk to the max. This really made me want to hurl. Their commercials make

them seem so caring and compassionate. Not!!! Now every time I see one of

their commercials on tv, I want to throw something. I personally want

doctors more interested in ME, not how much money they can get out of my

insurance company. Phooey on them.........

~Amber

[Guest guest]

If you are interested in more information about how naturopathic medicine is

used at CTCA, you can contact D. Lise Alschuler, ND at

lise.alschuler@....

Raushanah N. Najeeullah

Student

Southwest College of Naturopathic

Medicine & Health Sciences

www.scnm.edu

" The physician's highest calling, his only calling is to make sick people

healthy - to heal... "

- Hahnemann

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

From: " Payne " <nantzie@...>

> Does anyone have any experience with this place, either personally

or

> through a friend or family member?

not through a personal friend or family member, but I've heard many

lectures from naturopathic physicians at CTCA hospitals and have

learned a lot about them. They're most conventional and also use quite

a number of complementary therapies. Their Seattle location's

outpatient only and is the most naturopathic of their hospitals, but

it's still predominantly conventional. I think CTCAs are enormously

better than any conventional hospital. However, I personally would

choose a more alternative hospital, particularly for typeo of cancer

(e.g., advanced stomach cancer) that's inoperable & not very

responsive to chemo & radiation. Let me know if you have any specific

questions about CTCA.