MD Anderson Retains Top Spot for Cancer Care

U.S. News & World Report ranked the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston the No. 1 cancer care hospital in America for the third consecutive year. MD Anderson has been a leader in the treatment of pleural mesothelioma, a contributing factor in maintaining its top billing on the rankings. Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, were No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the 2017-18 Best Hospitals for Cancer  listing. U.S. News & World Report — a global authority in hospital care — has published the rankings annually for 28 years, helping patients make tough health care decisions. “Hospitals vary widely in how much experience they have treating certain conditions,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis at U.S. News, told Asbestos.com. “We find substantial differences in how successful hospitals are in caring for patients, particularly patients with unusually rare or challenging diagnoses.” Ranking Based on Many Factors Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer diagnosed in an estimated 3,000 people each year in the U.S. It is caused by exposure to asbestos and has no definitive cure. Grading of Best Hospitals for Cancer, from 0-100, is based on a variety of categories, including patient safety and quality of nursing, risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, patient experience, reputation with specialists, advanced technologies and volume of high-risk patients. The cancer rankings are one o...
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