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At Turville Bay we practice patient centered care. Visualize this: the patient is central to their own care. They share information with their doctor and in turn the physician shares information with the patient. This...
As patients are referred to Turville Bay Radiation Oncology Center for stereotactic radiosurgery, an overview of their surgical experience can be meaningful. The technology employed to perform incision-free treatment is...
“Caring for the cancer patient’s health includes caring for their mental health. The evidence is pretty conclusive, an interdisciplinary approach to care maximizes the medical and technical gains we are making with cancer...
Once you’ve heard the words “you have cancer” your life is changed. Surviving the disease is just one part of this journey. Patients quickly learn a lexicon of medical terms, face myriad appointments, sort through their...
It’s called stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) but it’s not surgery in the traditional sense. There's no incision. One of the tools in our arsenal at Turville Bay is a non-surgical radiation therapy used to treat...
Caring for a patient’s health sometimes means treatment beyond the radiation therapy that about three quarters of cancer patients receive. As a radiation oncologist I am often called upon to help patients in other ways...
Cancers related to HPV, or human papilloma virus, are on the rise in the United States with about 32,000 new cases diagnosed in 2017. Closer to home, we’re seeing more cancers related to HPV in our clinic here in Madison...
In the flurry of a cancer diagnosis, the symptoms suddenly explained, the lessons in patience, managing fears, and sharing the diagnosis with family and friends, it’s understandable when the patient succumbs to exhaustion...
Almost all cervical cancer cases are caused by HPV, which is a family of very common viruses. “HPV is very prevalent amongst the population,” says Dr. Richardson, radiation oncologist. Most women will be exposed to HPV...
Many cancers affect women, but there are eight that we address in this risk factor graphic. While most people recover from cancer with treatment, others do not. It’s important to remember that some cancers may be...
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