Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Rank on Best Hospitals List

The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was named the No. 1 cancer care hospital in America by U.S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. MD Anderson has been a leading specialty center for pleural mesothelioma treatment, which contributed to its top billing in the 2018-19 rankings. The center is in the recruiting or active-and-not recruiting stage for 15 different clinical trials involving mesothelioma. Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and the Cleveland Clinic, respectively, round out the top five. All have been recognized for their specialized treatment of mesothelioma. Helping Patients Make Decisions U.S. News & World Report did the rankings for the 29th consecutive year. Its goal is to provide patients with assistance in making decisions about where to receive their care. “We find substantial difference in how successful hospitals are caring for patients, particularly patients with unusually rare or challenging diagnoses,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis at U.S. News & World Report. “Hospitals vary widely in how much experience they have treating certain conditions.” Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. An estimated 3,000 cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S. The cancer care rankings are just one of 16 adult specialty care categories that are part of a broader Best...
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