Top 3 centers or ...?

The dr we met with at Tampa General was Dr. Rosemurgy.  He is heading up the trial but also handles patients outside of the trial.  If you decide on a local hospital, I would set up an appointment with him for him to review your mom's case.  We brought everything from MSK with us and he reviewed the CT scan, bloodwork, ops notes, etc. along with us. 

please send me the email address for dr kennedy if you have it. my mom was diagnosed 04-10-07 with gallbladder cancer. they said they could not operate. the oncologst todl her she was stage 4 and would do know good to give chemo. when my mom insisted on trying to live he gave her the strongest dose available and it almost killed her. we changed oncologist and they gave xeloda but before she could complete a treatment of that  she was dehydrated and put in hospital. she has been in the hospital since 06-25-07.  she is still here but they are not treating her. they say no since in prolonging her dying but my mom is asking to l ive and fighting every day with no medication, please give info to contact dr kennedy

lisa davis  

Hi My mother is 60 yrs old and has stage IV Gallbladder cancer. Sloan Kettering in NYC was very helpful. Contact Dr. Abu- Alfa. He specifically specializes in gallbadder cancer. There are very few doctors that do concentrate on this type of cancer. Go to sloan-kettering website and find his office number not administration. He also has an e-mail.

Hope that this is helpful,

Ariela

Thank you all for your helpful responses.  My mom is being treated by Hopkins (I live in MD, so this works well).  We did get an appointment at MD Anderson and I would have loved her to be seen there, but she just was not up for the plane ride...the 2.5 hour trip from FL to MD was plenty for her.  She's being treated by Dr. Donehower, who seems great.  We learned she had some small spots on her lungs (didn't think it could get any worse...it could...).  She had her first dose of gemcitabine and carboplatin.  Anyone with positive experiences with these drugs?

 Many thanks, I'm glad I found this community.