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HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY OF THE NORTH SHORE
SKOKIE, IL
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Skokie, IL
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Bio
<ol><li>Medi <i></i> cal Oncologist in private practice in northern suburbs of Chicago.
Involved in clinical trials- especially for Colorectal, Lung and Breast cancer.
Goal is to provide thorough, compassionate and timely care to patients in a caring environment, but not in the sterile clinic-type setting frequently found in big institutions.
Some beliefs:
Statistics are misleading
Modern approach to devastating illnesses is to give up too easily
Cost of care is clouding clinical judgement
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SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Hematology and Oncology
Licenses
United States: Illinois
Languages spoken
Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Russian
Doctor Q&A
303 Answers
162 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Get a check-up: See your doctor asap. Can't tell from your description but should make sure that you don't have testicular cancer.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Further Eval: Get a check up and a blood tests.
There are some very serious conditions that are associated with sudden alcohol intolerance.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
bone or muscle: Iyou should have an exam with attention to your spine and joints. If there is arthritis or scoliosis or other muskuloskeletal disorders, you may be pr... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Find an MD who will: Severe back pain might be related to problems that won't show up on blood work. Make another appointment with your PCP or ask him for a referral to a ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Could be: if it's bothering you , you should have a health professional see it.
AND STOP USING TOBACC NOW, WHILE ITS'S NOT TOO LATE!!
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends: 1. Quit smoking
2. If the nodule is greater than 0.7cm, consider getting a pet scan.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Check blood: tell your OB right away and get a blood test- "CBC"
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Yes: Smoking (anything) puts you at risk for developing lung cancer. In it's early stages it will likely not be detected on any blood test and may not be s... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Can coexist w cancer: In a study reviewing records of patients with side branch IPMN: 145 patients, the frequency of extra-pancreatic cancer was 29.0%. The frequency of gas... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
What is question?: Difficult to understand your question.
If you have occult blood in stool and you are having belly pain and swelling, you should probably have that col... Read More
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A 66-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends on biopsy: depends on what is found.
If biopsy is totally negative, might be sampling error and they just missed abnormal area.
If it shows inflammation, you hav... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Yes: Benedryl is frequently used as part of a nausea preventing regimen for chemotherapy. By itself it is not very effective. Other causes of nausea, such ... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Could be: Not commonly but could be. Get it checked out!
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Any: While earned nodes may be the common presentation for lymphoma, size is not a requirement (see the answer to your other question).
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A member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Need more info: Can't advise from question. Need more details on disease, stage, treatment, and side effects experienced.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends on dose : What is the reason for the cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)?
I'm guessing lupus or ra. (it could matter, especially your blood counts are low to begin with... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Hope not!!: Only if it keeps you from getting checkups and routine colonoscopies!
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
No, usually not: My understanding is that colloid cyst suggests a benign entity. However, must know of what body part you are referring.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Genetic Testring: Depends on the types of cancers. There are tests for some hereditary syndromes ( ie: brca, lynch). Check out www.Myriad.Com
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Possibly serious: Need more details. Could be normal variant or underlying serious bone marrow condition.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Possible malignancy: Lymphpma or hodgkins disease or aids could present like this. Wbc does not have to be abnormal. You need full exam, lab studies , and possible node bi... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
"To Each Their Own": Everybody's different. Generally sticking with bland and not spicey is less likely to cause problems, but the nausea from chemotherapy doesn't have mu... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Various infections: Other things that ca cause lymp node swelling, fever, chills, wt loss.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Studies take time: Thankfully, for most cancers, we have many treatment options- even when not curable, people are living longer and better. So if someone get radiation ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Many things: What kind of what blood cells are elevated, and how high?
The most likely answer is some sort of leukemia. If it's lymphocytes then it may be chronic... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Yes: Normal CEA is generally below 5.
By the way, CEA is not a screening test. It is used to follow diseases that exist and hint, sometimes, at recurrence... Read More
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A 61-year-old male asked:
What is life expectancy for stage 4 non-hodgkin's lymphoma that has spread to spine, liver & spleen?
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends: Many types of non-hodgkins lymphoma and prognosis varies. Even with stage iv, some are very curable. Need more details. Good luck!
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A female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
YU huh: Unsure what the cancer has to do with story.... But if you have strep throat you can give it to someone by kissing.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Get further eval: A biopsy is reasonable.
If it is cancer, it is likely very early and curable.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Many reasons: I would worry about familial polyposis or lynch syndrome.
You should have a repeat colonoscopy in a year. Someone should evaluate your family history... Read More
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A 66-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Source?: I'm not sure what you mean. Melanoma is usually diagnosed on the skin...And the source is the skin. From your question, it sounds like it spread and ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Suspected only: Colonoscopy can show a mass that is very suspicious for cancer, but can't be diagnosed until the cells are looked at under the microscope after a biop... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Yes: Best bet, if you do have testicular cancer, is to bank your sperm before you get treatment for the cancer.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
The PWLTTO Group: That's the best group i know of. It's the...
People who listen to their oncologist group.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Supportive: Take tylenol, (acetaminophen) drink fluid and rest.
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Viral infection: If your lymphocyte count is high, it can be a sign of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or a reaction to a viral or fungal infection. (or both).
When the... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Possible/unlikely: Any swollen lymph nodes and any breast lump should be evaluated. You are very young and a right-sided node plus a left breast lump are unlikely (not i... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends: How high?
What are other counts?
Any other symptoms?
Any swollen glands?
Other illness?
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Unknown: There is a risk of cancer and lung disease from 2nd hand smoke but the exact risk is not really known.
The best protection is not to smoke yourself!
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Targeted/Biologic: Other modalities of treatment:
hormonal
targeted
biologic (antibodies, antiangiogenesis, anti-growth factors)
many work best in combination with... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Red Flags: If you meet certain criteria, you are a candidate for brca testing.
Check out www.Myriad.Com.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
ER: Severe abdom pain and vaginal bleeding is probably a good recipe for an immediate visit to the emergency department of your favorite hospital. If it i... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
SEE DOCTOR: You need a further evaluation. You could have many things:
irritable bowel
inflammatory bowel
ulcer
lymphoma
gastritis
please get to a doctor.... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
US/ exam/blood: Ultrasound and exam are first. Include special blood tests. If anything suspicious, refer to urologist for exam and possible biopsy or orchiectomy (re... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
No: But sometimes a lymph node biopsy will show that and there may be other nodes next to it that are lymphoma.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Don't stop now!: The purpose of all the treatment is to reduce your risk of recurrence. You are fortunate to have a chance at cure. If it recurs it is deadly. The hard... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends on type: Not common but not different than for adult, i think:
if indolent- surgery and possibly radiation then watchful waiting (maybe with bone marrow harve... Read More
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A 57-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Sounds viral: Avoid antibiotics unless proof of bacterial infection.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Strict Diet: I've heard that if you pick a particular kind of diet that is rich in any specific food that you like and stick yo it, you will likely have about a 50... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Need Evaluation: Bruising may be a sign of an underlying problem, especially if not caused by trauma.
Usually suggests that there is a problem in blood clotting syste... Read More
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Jul 11, 2014
Excellent Hematologist/Oncologist!
Apr 19, 2013
High quality and timely opinions.
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Nov 8, 2012
Dr. Kaplan is a great doctor and a great person. He helped me many times with my professional questions and I know his patients feel that they are getting the best care
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Doctors think her sleep apnea/non-compliance w/ CPAP therapy may have caused a build-up of C02 leading to confusion. She is also off many of her meds now. She is 58 w/ multiple health issues/mult. med...Read More
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my bp was one forty over ninety, but she didnt say much about it. she took some blood for routine lab work and thats about it. I take daily vit. krill oil, and vit. D3 and on methimazole for hyperthyr...Read More
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! CT showed around 5 enlarged lymph nodes. No night sweats, no rash or itching or weight loss. I have big tonsils. The ENT doctor saw me.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 1982MD
Residency
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Awards
Top Doctor, First Place, Evanston, IL - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Third Place, Evanston, IL - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, Third Place, Evanston, IL - Winter
2013
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ASCO
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