Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Getting the best possible medical attention and care after a cancer diagnosis is the single most important thing. Both my wife and I have been there – a cancer diagnosis hits you like a hammer and it is very tough think clearly for days. But it is important that you stay calm and logically move forward with the next steps.

Before we have a closer look at mesothelioma treatment centers located in New York and New Jersey, let me briefly tell you about my kidney cancer. When I got diagnosed, I was more annoyed than scared. This probably hard to understand for a lot of people, but you must know that I’ve just been through the whole cancer roller-coaster thing after my wife had received her breast cancer diagnosis seven months earlier. I just wanted to take care of my situation as soon as possible. After all, the situation was clear. My left kidney was in the process of getting eaten alive by a cancerous mass. So it had to go. Instead of getting a second opinion, I initially decided to just have my urologist performing the necessary nephrectomy. However, I did reconsider and in retrospect it was a very good decision. I ended up having my surgery done in the renowned New York Presbyterian Columbia University by a crew of excellent urology-surgeons.

It does matter where you get your care from! Take your time and find the doctors you are comfortable with and whom you fully trust. This is a very important step in your fight against your mesothelioma (or any other cancer for that matter).
Finding the appropriate mesothelioma treatment options strongly depends on your individual situation. Each patient is different. Each cancer is different. What may or may not have worked for others is a good general point of reference, but it might not apply to you.

Alright, below are a few addresses that you can contact to inquire more about state of the art mesothelioma treatments.

Mesothelioma Treatment Centers in New Jersey:

Norris Cotton Cancer Center-Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Konstantin Dragnev, MD
One mEdical Center Drive
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756

Somerset Medical Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Hen-Vai Wu, MD
110 Rehill Ave.
Somerville, New Jersey O8876


Mesothelioma Treatment Centers in New York:

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Mary Hesdorffer, RN, BSN, Clinical Research Nurse
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, New York 10032-3713

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Owen A. O'Connor, MD, PhD
1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10021

Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, Atchley Pavilion Room 907 Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Robert Taub, MD
161 Ft. Washington Ave
New York, New York 10032
New York University Medical Center

Kaplan Cancer Center
Dr. Roman Perez-Soler
Associate Director of Clinical Oncology
550 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016

This is not a comprehensive list. But I picked those locations that I personally know and which I can recommend based on my experience as kidney cancer patient and breast cancer husband.

Click here for a full list of mesothelioma treatment centers sorted by US-States.