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Dr. Arnold Herskovic, MD
Radiation Oncologist
Dr. Arnold Herskovic practices Radiation Oncology in Grosse Pointe, MI. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Herskovic specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Dr. Arnold Herskovic, MD
- Grosse Pointe, MI
- Accepting new patients
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Is chest CT scan harmful?
Not usually, but there are rare exceptions. One would have to have a great number of scans and wait for at least ten years to see any untoward effect.
How many radiation sessions are needed for cervical cancer?
Ask your doctor for specifics for your case. Usually less than 2 months, this type of tumor is often treated with external beam (machines) and brachytherapy (internal radiation), READ MORE
Ask your doctor for specifics for your case. Usually less than 2 months, this type of tumor is often treated with external beam (machines) and brachytherapy (internal radiation), but ask your doctor.
Is contrast dye bad for the thyroid?
Many, if not most contrast material has iodide, which may affect some blood tests, but it is very unlikely that there will be any effect on the thyroid, but some people have a READ MORE
Many, if not most contrast material has iodide, which may affect some blood tests, but it is very unlikely that there will be any effect on the thyroid, but some people have a general allergy, which doctors can easily deal with.
How long will a prostate CT scan take?
The actual scan takes less than a minute.
How long is radiation treatment for stomach cancer?
Ask your doctor for your particular situation.
What condition do I have?
Revisit the oncologist.
Visiting a cancer patient who just had surgery?
I would try zoom because he is probably immunocompromised and vulnerable
What about radiation tests?
This is a bone scan and very safe.
Prostate radiation psa?
iI depends on prior psa. A psa rebound can occur just after radiation, but less likely with lupron. Again, it depends on prior psa.
Do you need radiation therapy after a lumpectomy?
Sometimes controversial. Older patients may reasonably opt out for post-operative radiation and some patients with DCIS(in situ) have been observed without radiation depending READ MORE
Sometimes controversial. Older patients may reasonably opt out for post-operative radiation and some patients with DCIS(in situ) have been observed without radiation depending on several factors in the past, but my bias is to treat these patients depending on the clinical situation. There is a higher local recurrence rate without radiation, but improved overall survival has often not been demonstrated.
What is the purpose of palliative radiation therapy?
The purpose is to relieve symptoms or avoid cancer related complications such as a fracture.
Does everyone need radiation after lumpectomy?
Often we discuss observation, especially in older patients.
How accurate is a CT scan for colon cancer?
Only so endoscopy stool examination for blood are the initial test. CT is usually done for staging.
How do I prepare for a lung CT scan?
YOU WILL GET INSTRUCTIONS WHICH MAY VARY WITH SITE, GIVING CONTRAST MATERIAL, GETTING BLOOD TEST
How long do you get radiotherapy for breast cancer?
IT WILL VARY SOMETIMES DURING THE SURGERY SOMETIMES WITH BRACHYTHERAPY FOR A WEEK OR 6-7 WEEKS AND EVEN LONGER
How successful is radiation treatment after prostate surgery?
OFTEN VERY. TALK TO YOUR RADIATION ONCOLOGIST.
Liver nodes?
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
Can you treat leukemia with radiation?
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF LEUKEMIA, BUT MOSTLY IT IS A CONDITION TREATED WITH READ MORE
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF LEUKEMIA, BUT MOSTLY IT IS A CONDITION TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY.
How long can you live with palliative radiotherapy?
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. Radiation addresses a local issue and even cures some patients with bone READ MORE
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. Radiation addresses a local issue and even cures some patients with bone cancer.
How successful is radiotherapy for bladder cancer?
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. I can even cure some of them, but this varies.
