Dr. Herbert Hoover
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Lehighton, PA
53 years experience male
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Lehighton, PA
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I am a surgical oncologist. Following medical school at the U of Kansas, I trained in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital with a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the Surgery Branch of the NCI, NIH. Career highlights include teaching positions at Johns Hopkins & Mass General Hospital.
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General Practice
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United States: Pennsylvania
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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See you doctor: Most painful breast lumps are benign cysts. These can usually be resolved quickly in a simple office aspiration. You physician may choose to order a... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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That is good: You should not worry about getting pancreatic cancer unless you have a family history of that disease or develop chronic pancreatitis, usually from al... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
What can you eat after colonoscopy? tried and vomitted noodle, cracker, soda... what else can i try?
Dr. Herbert Hooveranswered
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Should eat anything.: If your colonoscopy was normal and there were no complications, you should be able to eat anything you want as soon as the anesthesia effects are gone... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Not related: Lung cancer usually presents with new onset coughing or coughing up blood. A chest x-ray or ct may show a mass in the lung or lymph nodes in the ches... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Unlikely pancreas ca: Untreated pancreas cancer would often lead to death within one year. Also, except in the very early stage, a ct scan should show an untreated pancrea... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Will be malignant.: By definition, a recurrence of breast cancer is malignant and potentially serious. Recurrence can be localized to the breast or chest wall and could ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Yes, ? pneumonia: You certainly should see your doctor. Hopefully, you just have a virus, but your signs and symptoms are worrisome for pneumonia. You need an exam wi... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Today i found some really small dots of blood in my stool so i'm really worried. is it colon cancer?
Dr. Herbert Hooveranswered
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Need to be checked: Any blood in the stool is cause for concern and should prompt your seeing a physician soon. Hopefully, it is simply a bleeding hemorrhoid, fissure or... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
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Yes: Most bowel obstructions can be resolved by a surgical procedure to free up the adhesions. They can recur but it is worth trying.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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See a dentist : If you have an abscessed tooth that is not responding o antibiotics , you need to see a dentist soon as the abscess can cause adverse effects on other... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Yes: I presume you mean an ovarian cyst. Rupture can occur any time with or without activity. It could be ruptured during intercourse, it may cause pain b... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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You need a drain: If you have a large recurring abdominal wall seroma after a hernia repair that keeps recurring after aspiration, i would recommend that you have your ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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May be urgent: You should try to reach your endoscopist urgently, especially if you are having significant pain. You need to be evaluated for a possible perforation... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Not necessarily : A brain lesion may represent a benign or malignant tumor or may be inflammatory, hemorrhagic or ischemic(lack of blood supple to area as in a stroke).... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Ignore: Don't ignore a nodule over 5 mm. Do fully evaluate any growing nodule. Stop smoking if you are!
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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You need a good doc: If a cholecystectomy did not solve your vomiting, your gall bladder was likely not the issue or there are complications. Unless you are severely diab... Read More
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A male asked:
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Sounds like trauma: A pool of blood under the skin is usually due to a bump with bleeding. This is usually not serious unless there was no trauma to the area. If not, i... Read More
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Abd fat inflammation: Mesenteric panniculitis is an inflammatory reaction in the fat around the blood vessels supplying the small or large intestine. By definition, it is ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Probably a lipoma: If there is no history of trauma to that area, it is probably a benign lipoma or a cyst. If it asymtomatic and is not growing, it should be seen by ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Either is good: There is no absolute right answer as there are a variety of factors that oncologists evaluate before recommending a particular chemotherapy regimen. ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Not necessarily: Non-specific inflammation is not uncommon on a random biopsy of the colon or rectum done during a colonoscopy. I would not worry if your colonoscopy ... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Usually several year: The relation between smoking and throat cancer is not as well defined as that for lung cancer and smoking. With that said, there is a definite causal... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Probably cyst: Most small lumps at that part of the upper neck are sebaceous or other benign cysts. They sometimes are painful and should be removed. If asymptomat... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Could be a cyst: Cysts are not uncommon behind the ear. They can get inflammed or infected and cause pain. If it is becoming infected, it will likely turn red and ma... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Nothing early: Early stage lung cancer causes no symptoms. As the tumor grows, it can cause coughing or hemoptysis(coughing up blood). It can also cause shortness ... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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Antibiotics/liquids: Diverticulitis is treated initially with intravenous antibiotics and oral clear liquids with a change to oral antibiotics when the pain is resolving a... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Probably not: Your question implied that she developed liver metastasis while on gemzar (gemcitabine). If so, it is not llikely that continuing Gemzar (gemcitabine... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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? suture reaction: It is not likely that the basal cell cancer is recurring so soon. More likely, you are having a reaction to your sutures or the sutures are not holdi... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Need the colonoscopy: With those symptoms, a colonoscopy is needed as soon as possible to be sure there is not a a partially obstructing polyp or other lesion. It could be... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Probably no shift: If people think you look thinner but you are not losing weight, it is possible that you now have less body fat and more muscle-either from a natural m... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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See your endoscopist: Your symptoms cause concern about a small perforation and possibly an abscess. You should contact whoever scoped you as soon as possible!
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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In a word, NO!: You should stay on clear liquids only until up go 7 am and nothing at all in the 4 hours before your procedure!
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Yes: Major medical centers, especially those with cancer centers, have support groups for patients (and their families) with pancreatic cancer. Also, the ... Read More
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Clear liquids only: If you are having a colonoscopy, the ultimate colorectal screening study, you will most likely be taking a strong cathartic and should take no solid f... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Probably not cancer: A calcified thyroid nodule is very unlikely to be malignant. It could be followed with a repeat ultrasound in 4 to 6 months. If not growing, it coul... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Not likely: A painful mass in that area is more likely to be an inflammed sebaceous cyst or a lipoma which is a benign tumor. Obviously, a sarcoma or other malig... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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On a stalk : Pedunculated simply means that the fibroid is on a stalk hanging off the uterus. They are much easier to remove if necessary.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Yes : A peg tube is the most acceptable and efficient nutritional method for patients with ms-related dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia or risk of pneumoni... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Stage IV ovarian ca: Unfortunately, it is likely that she has stage IV ovarian cancer with spread to the liver. Nothing else would give a ca125 of 5000. She should be o... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Probably need fiber: If your stool looks normal in color and consistency, you probably just need more fiber in your diet along with lots of water. I recommend something l... Read More
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?Erectile dysfunctio: You are young, but erectile dysfunction can occur at an early age. The problem is unlikely to be from your pelvic floor muscles unless you have had e... Read More
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Should be checked : If the nodes are larger than 1cm and have been present for 4 months, you should see a physician for an exam. They could be inflammatory and antibioti... Read More
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?can be retreated?: Cancer can return as either a local recurrence in the same area as the original cancer or as a metastasis which is spread to other sites via the blood... Read More
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Possibly, not likely: After a total thyroidectomy for cancer, it is important to take enough synthroid (thyroxine) to suppress the TSH but it is probably not critical to ke... Read More
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? Kidney stone: It could be nothing more than muscle spasm that will resolve but a small kidney stone passing down the ureter can cause flank pain that often come in ... Read More
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Needs an EKG: A fit person often has a heart rate in the 50s or 60s, but not the 30s. He should have an ekg to see if he has a heart conduction block. If so, he s... Read More
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Whoever sutured it: It sounds like the sutures were removed before there was sufficient healing. You should place saline soaked gauze over the wound to keep it clean and... Read More
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Is normal: Many infants at that age stick their tongue out a lot. It may be to soothe a painful tooth emerging or that they are just fascinated by the discovery... Read More
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Can't predict: Survival after metastatic breast cancer is highly variable and depends upon numerous factors, including what treatment is given. Brain metastasis are ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Go to ER now!: Your symptoms are hopefully due to muscle spasms and not a herniated disc but you need a complete exam and possibly x-rays or an MRI. Good luck!
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Hoover is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Hoover is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you docter I'm 18 years old and i smoke for 3 years, i need to stop but it will not be that easy thanks alot docter
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Thx! All of my polyps (~10-12) were pre-malignant/malignant, but I'm neg for FAP/HNPCC/MSI. Age 35 at dx w/o family hx. Is this "sporadic"?
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Thank you very much. A side note question. Is taking NyQuil for the fever reduction and flu like symptoms harmful in any way? And eating?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Kansas School of Medicine, KS
Graduated 1970MD
Residency
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Awards
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Beta Beta Beta, Outstanding Student in Biological Sciences, Alpha Omega Alpha,
Young Alumnus of the Year, Outstanding Young Men in America Award, The Best Doctors in America,
Most Influential, Third Place, Allentown, PA - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Blue Mountain Health System
Publications
95 original publications
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