Dr. Bahman Daneshfar
Radiation Oncology
Opelousas, LA
35 years experience male
Locations
Office
Lafayette
About
Bio
I grew up in Missouri and went to the Missouri State and Univ of Missouri.
I had honors and awards in Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Radiation Oncology. My residency was completed at Univ of Texas Medical Branch where the majority of professors were from MD anderson and Joint Center (Harvard). I passed boards and practiced in Louisiana ever since. As director of my department I introduced every new advancement in Radiation Oncology including HDR brachytherapy, IMRT, IGRT, Cyberknife Radiosurgery and excelled at Prostate Brachytherapy with seeds. Being good with your hands, visual spatial concepts and detailed abillities allowed me to see and treat over 1300 patients with seed brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Radiation is used in many cancers with the majority of cancers I treat now consisting of breast, lung and rectal.
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Radiation Oncology
Licenses
United States: Louisiana
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
309 Answers
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Both: Its like recommending sony versus samsung. Each device is from a different manufacturer that can accomplish the same thing. A doctor may say theirs ... Read More
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A 53-year-old member asked:
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Yes: All minors need the consent of their legal guardian. The decisions are actually made by the doctor, but the parents must give consent for the treatme... Read More
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A 63-year-old member asked:
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Worst prognosis: Stage four signifies the group of patients that have the worst survival for a particular cancer. Depending on the cancer it may have zero survival ra... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Most likely hormonal: Near your menstrual cycle the breast may become sensitive. Other reasons may be caffeine sensitivity or mastitis. Depending on your age you may need... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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No: Imaging with MRI will give the best evaluation to see if there is any remaining tumor. Often the changes from surgery and radiation might leave abnor... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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No: Radiation itself does not cause cold sweats. Most patients are on steroids and chemo and may have lower immune response. This could be viral or anoth... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Yes: All test results should be discussed with a patient to inform and consent the patient before the next step. If it is suspicious one needs to know that... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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No screening blood : There is no blood test specifically for cancer. Women are screened with mammograms, cervix pap smears, colonoscopy, and physical exams. When there is... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Surgery is fast: If an endometrial biopsy is done and positive with otherwise negative scans, then a hysterectomy is about as fast as possible. A gyn-oncologist is be... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
No and No: It is not dangerous to have an occasional glass of wine. Men should not have more than two glasses a day, women one glass per day. It will not help f... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
No: It's not cancer that makes hair fall out but the treatment. Some chemotherapy and hair in the radiated fields cause hair to fall out. So not every p... Read More
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A 60-year-old member asked:
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Infection: Infection is the biggest risk. Bleeding and swelling can occur leading to trouble urinating. Most are done in urologist office while awake and there ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Plasma cell cancer: In our bone marrow and blood we have plasma cells (help make antibodies). These cells can proliferate and become cancerous, thus a plasmacytoma. If ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Some are: There are many different types of brain tumors and there are cancers that spread to the brain. The age of a patient, type of tumor and grade and stage... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Depends: This will depend in the size of the tumor, was it resectable? Even if it was radiation is needed for high grade tumors. Even with the best case feat... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Sclerotic or lyric : When cancer spreads to bone it begins growing there. The cancer can result in a lytic (bone destruction) or sclerotic (deposition of thicker bone). ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Different opinions: Every doctor has a different opinion on this. Different options have different side effects and risks. Depending on the patients age, extent of cancer... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Several : Sometimes no symptoms and found accidentally on x-rays. May cause spitting up of blood, cough, short of breath, chest pain. Depending on extent patie... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Symptoms are:: Such things as nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, nose bleeds, headache, facial pain. If more advanced there can be facial swelling or invasion of n... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Medication: Begin with basic nausea medicines such as Compazine or phenergan, (promethazine) if not improved then more expensive medications such as Zofran or oth... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Yes: Make sure mother is not on Aspirin or blood thinners like Coumadin (warfarin) or plavix. If she is contact the prescribing doctor to see if can be wi... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
No: I am not aware of any alternatives that can replace radiation.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: In some universities and major institutions there are dedicated machines for intraoperative radiation given to an area of concern that the surgeon cou... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Yes: If treating in the abdomen with radiation, the intestines and stomach are rather sensitive. We see nausea, diarrhea, bloating and all of this can lead... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Usually: If the bladder was in the radiation field the lining can be irritated. Once treatment is over the lining will heal and cystitis goes away. However i... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Assuming you are talking about radioactive iodine, yes. When hyperactive thyroid is given iodine for treatment you hope for normalizing the function.... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
No: Radiation does not cause this. But the whole process of having cancer and coping with it can lead to depression. Depression should be taken seriousl... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Probably: It depends on the dose delivered to the skin. In head and neck cancer the facial hair falls out where the radiation beams go through. If older method... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Not generally.: Radiation is a local or regional treatment. Chemotherapy goes all over in the bloodstream. Therefore chemotherapy has a greater chance to affect mor... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Not usually: We test the viability of the sperm and sperm bank ahead of radiation treatments. In most cases the radiation is not over the remaining testicle and a... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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No.: Having done 1300 cases I am really qualified for this question. The patient has the seeds placed under anesthesia...Its the needles that would have be... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: Assuming you lost the hair from treatment for a cancer in the oral cavity or pharynx, it would depend on the technique. These days most radiation doc... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Mammograms have been fine tuned to expose the breast to very little radiation. But no matter there is a small percent risk of causing cancer that is ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Radiation is used in curing lung cancer. Its used in varying combinations with surger and chemotherapy to find the best treatment for each stage and ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
No: However if your head is noticeably swollen in your face and neck, the doctor needs to evaluate you for superior vena cava syndrome in which the cancer... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Yes: New chemotherapy agents have been introduced. There are also newer types of rmachines and techniques. However in regards to radiation if you had the... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Upper endoscopy: We do not perform routine screening for esophageal cancer. In japan where the risk of esophageal cancer is higher there is greater use of this test f... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Not known: Though the supposed health benefits of these are touted, there is no definitively known knowledge that it will prevent any type of cancer.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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No: Though cancer can be caused by chemo or radiation. The vast majority of people who die of cancer are not the cancers induced by these treatments. T... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
From now onward: Your risk from your smoking will exist from now till the rest of your life. It's best you stop smoking. However you may still get cancer even if you s... Read More
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No: I am not aware these things cause cancer. Tampons are available for absorbing menstruation and should be disposed regularly. Bad infections may occu... Read More
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Several factors: If the lesion is larger than a pencil eraser, irregular edges, strange or color variations, assymetric, growing size or lesion bleeds. Any of these ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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X-rays versus drugs: Radiation is a beam of energy that comes from aimable machines through the air. Chemotherapy is drugs given into veins or by oral pills. So one goes... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Yes: It is possible but statistically low. The benefits for the cancer you are treating will far outweigh this risk. However any unnecessary risk should n... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Yes: Maxillary cancer is debulked by surgery and the primary treatment is radiation. Chemo can be added to increase effectiveness. The targeting is easil... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Medical physicist: They are professionals who train in medical physics and learn about all the technical aspect of radiation. From the design of the treatment machines... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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No: Its too small to measure. Risk for various professions have been reported. Such that dying from this is much less likely than a construction worker f... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Tell your doctor: Tell the doctor you do trust to help you see another radiation or medical oncologist, whichever you are not comfortable with. It can be done in a cou... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Radiation Oncology 35 years experience
Yes: We do see an acne type rash in the treatment area at times. More commonly its just a sunburn effect. However check to see if you are on Erbitux which... Read More
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This can be normal: If a patient has mastectomy and the lesion was large or had many nodes involved this is followed by chemo then radiation. If the patient had a lumpect... Read More
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Nov 20, 2013
Excellent physician!
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Jan 17, 2012
this doctor brought up other scans that my doctor currently has not brought up.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Daneshfar is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you..he started me off at 150 mcg ..when I started rai my tsh was 128.6 which still confuses me..also a very low vitamin d reading of 9.. I have also started calitriol .25 mcg
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Diagnosed ultrasound: right surapatellar effusion and small right Bakers cyst. MRI is booked & area to be examined is R/O medial meniscal tear. pain!!
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Thanks for your prompt answer. I have a Gleason score of 8 but a pelvic MRI and bone scan were both clear. Fingers crossed the cancer is restricted to the gland.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO
Graduated 1988MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO
Graduated 1988MD
Residency
TX
Residency
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH GAL
Awards
Graduated top 1 percent Missouri State University
Summa Cum Laude at Missouri State
Top 20 percent at Univ of Missouri
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