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Radiation Oncology
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Depends who you ask: Modern cancer radiotherapy is continually evolving, and tends to advance in technical as well as biomedical stages. Some would say that proton beam th... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Usually not: Gi symptoms during breast cancer radiotherapy are uncommon but not unheard of, especially for right-sided cancers where some of the liver may be in th... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Radfiotherapy: Carious kinds of radiotherapy are useful, depending on tyupe size and position of tumors.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
There is some risk: Sjogren's has been assoc with low grade b cell lymphoma but as long as blood counts and metabolic profile are ok i would not worry about it. If abnorm... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Surgery or radiother: For gleason 7 either surgery or radiotherapy would be a reasonable management approach. If radiotherapy is chosen, the least side effects and longest... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Less dose than airli: This is a very low dose compared to other risks in our environments. It is less than an airline attendant who makes a couple of transcontinental trips... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Roger Macklisanswered
Radiation Oncology 41 years experience
Limit exposures: Cancer of the blood and lymph glands (leukemia and lymphoma) may be caused by a number of different molecular changes in the dna. Although there may n... Read More
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6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Macklis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Macklis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer put my mind at ease.
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Thanks for your quick reply!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Harvard Medical School, MA
Graduated 1982MD
Awards
Top Radiation Oncologist , First Place, West Virginia - Summer
2013
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