Cancer Survivorship
Manpreet Chadha , MD
Lifestyle changes that include smoking cessation , increasing physical activity and weight loss should be encouraged . Patients who have had inherited cancer syndromes should be screened according to guidelines for them .
Conclusion Management of survivorship issues involves a multidisciplinary care team with involvement from oncology and treating primary care physician . Involvement of specialists should be considered as guided by clinical condition . Survivorship care plan should be increasingly utilized as a mode to communicate between oncologist and other treating physicians . meet the authors :
Manpreet Chadha , MD
Paloverde Cancer Specialists
Dr . Chadha completed her medical school in Delhi , India . She was honored with multiple gold medals during her medical school for academic excellence . She completed her residency in Internal Medicine in Buffalo , New York and Medical Oncology Fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute which is among the oldest National Cancer Institute ’ s prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the U . S . Thereafter , she worked as an attending physician at Roswell Park Cancer Institute . She actively participated in phase II and III clinical trials for patients with advanced malignancies . She has worked as an assistant investigator at TGen Clinical Research Services at Virginia G Piper Cancer Center , Scottsdale . During her time at TGen , she was the principal and co investigator in various Phase I , II and III studies involving new therapeutics for patients with advanced cancer . She has more than 40 publications , book chapters and abstracts in national meetings . She joined Paloverde Cancer Specilaists in 2010 and continues to engage in research studies in her current scope of practice at Paloverde Cancer specialists .
Dr . Chadha became inspired toward her present path when her grandmother suffered from pancreatic cancer . She is very passionate about caring for her patients and seeking improved ways to deliver quality cancer care . Dr Chadha enjoys travel , painting with oil and acrylic and yoga . She is very fond of sunflowers , “ They always keep their face toward the sun ( hope ).”
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