Re: Help..........

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Posted by Henry Alken on March 02, 2004 at 22:46:59:

In Reply to: Help.......... posted by Sarah on March 02, 2004 at 19:30:56:

Sarah,

I just remembered that the Director of the National Cancer Institute recently received treatment for Prostate Cancer. I was curious as to where he went for his treatment since he is the NCI's chief expert on Prostate Cancer, so I emailed the NCI and asked. They replied to me thusly:

1/2/04_10978

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Note: Staff that respond to e-mails addressed to the National Cancer
Institute are Information Specialists, not physicians. The information
provided below is not a substitute for a health care provider's help or
advice.
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Thank you for your e-mail to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) requesting
information about the surgeon and facility where Dr. Andrew C. von
Eschenbach, Director of NCI, received his prostate cancer treatment. Dr.
von Eschenbach received his prostate cancer treatment at:

Address: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030

Telephone: 713-792-6161
1-800-392-1611

Web site: http://www.mdanderson.org/


We also encourage you to explore this Internet resource:

--How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer: This NCI
fact sheet provides tips for finding a doctor, getting a second opinion, and
choosing a treatment facility. This resource is available at
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_47.htm on the Internet.

We hope this information is helpful.


National Cancer Institute


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-----Original Message-----
From: henryalken@hotmail.com [mailto:henryalken@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 3:50 PM
To: NCI Cancer.gov Staff
Subject: Cancer.gov Inquiry - The Prostate Surgery of Andrew C. von
Eschenbach


Email: henryalken@hotmail.com

Message: Please let me know the name of the surgeon and the name of the
hospital where Andrew C. von Eschenbach had his prostate cancer
treatment.


Hope this helps

Henry

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