- Cryotherapy
- Medical Weight LossThere are several signs and symptoms in patients that are found to have lung cancer, however, not all patients exhibit any or all of these symptoms. Physical symptoms which may be associated with lung cancer include changes in the respiration such as shortness of breath, either at rest or after mild exertion such as climbing stairs; a cough, sometimes with blood noted in the sputum; hoarseness; or unexplained weight loss. The most common medical sign is an abnormality on a routine
- Pediatric Care
- Smoking CessationLung cancer, and this risk quickly decreases with smoking cessation, as the damage to the lung tissue is repaired and the body slowly removes carcinogenic materials.
- Family PracticeDr. John D. Del Rowe sees patients in our Bronx East, Bronx West, Hartsdale and West Nyack offices.
- Emergency CareWhen you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.
- Urinary IncontinenceObedian E, Kapoor D, Olsson C, Zimberg S. The Risk of Urinary Incontinence After High Dose Image Guided-Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IG-IMRT) for Prostate Cancer. Poster Presentation at the American Radium Society (ARS) Annual Meeting, April 2009, Vancouver BC
- Diarrhea
- Female Infertility
- Internal Medicine
- UrologyIn this era of medical insurance paperwork and often-times inefficiencies, our billing staff is always available to help you obtain referrals and answer questions related to your insurance and the billing processes. Finally, as a division of Integrated Medical Professionals, the largest urology-based multi-specialty practice in New York State, the level and depth of support for any situation is readily available and accessible.
- Ovarian CancerOvarian cancer, as well as certain treatments for cancers such as prior pelvic radiation therapy or use of the drug Tamoxifen. Certain genetic diseases ormedical conditions can also increase a woman’s risk of developing
- Cervical Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- EndoscopyEndoscopy: Inserting a thin, lighted tube, called an endoscope, through the nose to examine the larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, and nasopharynx.
- Prostate CancerThe prostate, and sometimes they may be in several locations or “zones,” or “lobes.” Prostate cancer can grow locally and pierce the capsule of
- Cancer CareCancer care in the medical communities that we serve – but our true recognition is that so many of our patients come to us because a friend, neighbor or loved one was treated and cured at an ARC facility. At ARC, our physicians and staff treat every patient as if they were part of our own family. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Lung CancerCancer occurs when normal cells within the lungs themselves become abnormal and grow without regulation. It can be caused by smoking and other environmental causes. Other people develop lung cancer who have never smoked or been exposed to any of the lung cancer risk factors.
- NeurologyPrinciples of Radiation Therapy, Invited Speaker, Neurology Fellows Summer Course, Department of Neurology, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, September 22, 1994
- Diabetes Care
- Thyroid
- UltrasoundThe Seed Implant process begins with your doctor placing small needles into the prostate gland through the perineum, which is the skin between the scrotum and the anus. The procedure is performed using real-time visualization of the prostate using an ultrasound probe that is placed in the rectum. Once a needle has been placed into the proper position within the prostate, the Radiation Oncologist is able to inject or “load” several radiation seeds through that particular needle, placing each one in an exact location. That needle is removed, and another one is placed in a slightly different but specific position. Once this needle has been loaded and seeds delivered, the same procedure continues until the entire prostate has been implanted with the appropriately determined number of seeds.
- MRIEndometrial cancer has been diagnosed, the patient may undergo additional imaging or testing to evaluate the extent of disease. These include chest xray, CT or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis, cystoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy depending on a patient’s symptoms.
- RadiologyWhen you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.
- X-Rays
- MammographyBreast exam (CBE). The most common medical sign is during a mammography, where an abnormal exam can often mean that
- Computed TomographyIMRT ) using a limited type of delivery machine, which is similar to a modified CT scan machine, rather than the more versatile linear accelerator. It is unclear what advantages, if any, tomotherapy treatments may have over conventional
- ChemotherapyTreatment with either chemotherapy and/or radiation may be recommended afterward to help reduce the risk of cancer recurring elsewhere in the body. If surgery is not a feasible option, usually chemotherapy and radiation are used together as the primary
- Radiation TherapyIntensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, or IMRT radiation, is a revolutionary delivery technology that allows the Radiation Oncologists at Advanced Radiation Centers to conform, or shape, the radiation high dose region into a highly 3-Dimensional manner.
- Radiation OncologyRadiation Oncology is a technology-based specialty, and the members of our Physics department are responsible for both maintaining the integrity and precision of these technologies, as well as aiding the physicians in the planning for each and every patient’s radiation plan. The Physics team is led by Board Certified Medical Physicists and includes Junior Physicists and Medical Dosimetrists, who use sophisticated computers to create three dimensional models of each patient’s anatomy in order to plan exactly how the radiation will be targeted to the areas at risk, while staying away from the healthy neighboring tissues.
- NeurosurgeryThe average hospital stay for a craniotomy, which is another name for the conventional neurosurgery, is about 15 days. Radiosurgery costs less than conventional surgery, and with much less morbidity. The period of recovery is minimal from radiation treatment, and in the day following the treatment, the patient may return to his or her normal lifestyle, without any discomfort. The major disadvantage of radiosurgery in relation to open surgery is the duration of time required to achieve the desired effects. The major advantage of radiation surgery is obviously the non-invasive nature of the SRS system.
- HysterectomyUterus and both ovaries, known as a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy, or TAH-BSO. The staging of the cancer is done to determine the extent of the cancer, and the best plan treatment options. Women with low grade disease confined to the
- Otolaryngology
- LaparoscopyProstate gland and some of the neighboring tissue is removed. The operation can be performed either as open surgery, laparoscopically through the belly button, or through robot-assisted laparoscopy.
- Breast ReconstructionJhaveri JD, Rush SC, Kostroff K, Derisi D, Farber LA, Maurer VE, Bosworth JL: Clinical Outcomes of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy after Immediate Breast Reconstruction. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72(3): 859-865, 2008.
- LesionsThe word, Stereotactic, or “stereotaxy” comes from the Greek word meaning movement in space. This technique makes use of a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body in which to perform some action using radiation or surgery. For example, if not using radiosurgery, neurosurgeons can use stereotactic surgery to target and remove or biopsy lesions within the brain. Stereotactic Radiosurgery is used primarily to treat cancers or benign lesions in the brain, spine and central nervous system. Since lesions in the brain are immediately adjacent to very delicate and important nerves and sensitive tissue, this procedure allows the Radiation Oncologists at Advanced Radiation Centers to use “pencil-thin” beams to target lesions using specialized high-precision radio surgical devices to deliver high dose radiation with sub-millimeter accuracy.