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NAPA – Redwood Regional Medical Group will add close to 3,000 square feet to its Napa Cancer Center this year in efforts to expand clinical research and accommodate the site’s newest doctor.
SANTA ROSA – Longtime Sonoma County surgeon Dr. David Fraser has stepped down from his position with the Redwood Regional Medical Group, leaving a legacy that includes ongoing efforts to integrate patient care and provide advanced vascular surgery.
All of the specialized services required to detect and fight breast cancer, including clinical trials and genetic testing, are available under one roof at the Redwood Regional Breast Center located at 121 Sotoyome Street, across from Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. In the past, when a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer her decisions for treatment included choosing a physician to help her battle the disease.
NORTH BAY – Two of the North Bay’s largest independent medical groups have announced they will merge certain office management functions “to gain economic efficiencies and enhance operations” amidst increasing cost pressure.
Redwood Regional Medical Group in Santa Rosa has forged a first-of-its-kind national network, where cancer doctors across the country work together to develop and standardize the best practices for patient care. Cancer Clinics of Excellence, a network that includes 224 oncologists in more than a dozen states, launched in April with $3 million raised from its physician members.
Redwood Regional Medical Group of Santa Rosa will be part of a first-of-its-kind nationwide network of oncology practices that will share information on care and purchasing power. Cancer Clinics of Excellence will have 224 oncologists at 21 practices...
Redwood Regional Medical Group is ramping up the number of patients treated by its new $2 million radiation therapy machine, seeing up to 30 patients per day. "The equipment itself can handle over 40 people on a daily basis," said CEO Shahab Dadjou. "We`re working up to those numbers."
As time goes by, breast cancer survivors grow complacent about the need for an annual mammogram, researchers here found. Despite their significant risk for development of a new breast tumor, women who comply with a recommended yearly mammogram gradually fall by the wayside over the years, said Chyke A. Doubeni, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center...
A California radiology group has evolved into a practice with an oncology focus, representing radiology, radiation therapy, and medical oncology.
Over the past 25 years, the size of newly diagnosed breast tumors has decreased, even within stages, and the shift has played a substantial role in the improvement in survival, researchers reported...
In our second and final installment of AuntMinnie.com`s series on CAD, we take a look at issues such as reimbursement, workflow, and the technology`s burgeoning role in multislice CT and virtual colonoscopy...
As technology and research progress there is a developing consensus among radiologists that CAD can aid in uncovering abnormalities in applications such as breast MRI, lung cancer screening, and virtual colonoscopy exams...
A technologist’s time is better spent taking care of patients instead of hauling film jackets to radiologists or emergency physicians. With PACS, less time is spent finding reports to read over the telephone because the physician can get the information anytime with any computer...
Interventional radiology can be an alternative to dozens of surgeries — even repairs inside the brain...
What can I do to keep my cancer from recurring? It’s a question common to all women who have had breast cancer. Now, two new studies-one that looked at diet and another that looked at exercise-appear to suggest that lifestyle changes may help keep a cancer recurrence at bay...
CT angiography is a highly accurate complement to invasive coronary angiography...
On January 12, 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the newest guidelines for healthy eating...
Guidance from diagnostic radiologists may help improve treatment outcomes for patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer...