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Thank you so much for your replies Lainy and Cathy. I sincerely appreciate your help.

My brother’s cancer started in the common bile duct and went to the branches on the lower right side. It spread through out the bile ducts as well as other areas. Cooper Hospital is in Camden, NJ. It’s not listed as a major hospital. My brother is going to see Dr. Hageboutros tomorrow. This Dr’s Board Certifications are in: Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology. His special interests are: Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Lung Cancer, General Hematology/Oncologist

I’m sooo concerned! My gut feeling is to go somewhere else. My brother goes tomorrow to meet with this Dr. The Dr. said he wanted treatment started on Monday! I’m sick to my stomach thinking my brother will listen to this Dr. and not get another opinion. My mother died two years ago from ovarian cancer. She started chemo treatment the day after seeing the 1st oncologist. Once treatment started, we were told that she had to finish this treatment before other options could be explored. There were many other promising treatments but it was too late. She lost all hope.

We live in New Jersey so we have so many larger hospitals close by such as: Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY Cancer Center, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Fox Chase in Philadelphia and Robert Wood Johns Cancer Hospital in NJ. Where do I begin? I haven’t read any experiences in the forum about Dr.s in this area.

My brother is coming over in a couple of hours so I am frantically researching the internet for a hospital and Dr. that is experienced with cholangiocarcinoma. I can’t bear to see him fall into the hands of an inexperienced Dr. He’s not thinking clearly and his wife is walking around in a daze.

Thanks for listening. I can’t sleep or eat. Any help choosing a Dr. and/or hospital in my area would be a blessing!