But what we don't know is if breast density changes,» says Dr. Weiss, who is the director of
breast radiation oncology and breast health outreach at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Penn..
Not exact matches
Team - based collaborative care between
breast surgeons, plastic surgeons and
radiation oncologists is critical to help patients experience good outcomes,» says senior author Benjamin Smith, M.D., associate professor of
radiation oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
As we are seeing more women survive
breast cancer, we need to focus on long term survivorship issues and ensuring that women have access to this important part of treatment,» says study first author Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., associate professor of
radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
«Given that this technique helps to shield the heart during
radiation treatment for
breast cancer,» said Rani Anne, M.D., Associate Professor of
Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University and senior author on the study, «we routinely offer
breast cancer treatment with the breath hold technique at Jefferson.»
Dr. Parda, who practices
oncology in Pittsburgh, says that many types of physicians are likely to be a part of a patient's cancer care team including a medical oncologist,
breast surgeon, surgical oncologist, plastic surgeon, and
radiation oncologist as well as their ob / gyn.
At Silver Cross Dr. Anne McCall, medical director of
radiation oncology at University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross, performed a unique
breast cancer treatment, 3 - D Surface Imaging to Facilitate Deep - Inspiration Breath - Hold (DIBH) on Bakker.
Our
breast cancer team represents expertise across the spectrum of
breast cancer care:
breast imaging,
breast surgery, medical and
radiation oncology, reconstructive surgery, clinical genetics, pathology and nursing.
Breast surgical
oncology and
radiation oncology services are offered at all three
Breast Center locations, as well as:
Rutgers Cancer Institute is home to New Jersey's only residency program in
radiation oncology and it serves as a training ground for numerous hematology /
oncology Fellows and surgical
oncology breast Fellows each year.
Following lumpectomy alone, a patient typically «has roughly a 30 % to 40 % risk of
breast cancer coming back in the same
breast, depending on the size of the tumor and the histology [grade],» says Dennis E. Hallahan, MD, chairman of the department of
radiation oncology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.