A Cancer Primer
by Harvey Gilbert, MD

  • What is Cancer?
  • How is it diagnosed?
  • How is it staged?
  • How is treatment decided?
  • How do factor in quality of life?
  • How does a doctor sift through the multiple varieties of treatments to come up with a recommendation?
  • Is there a standard of care, and how can you find it?
  • Are second opinions valuable?
  • What is a multi-disciplinary physician and para medical team?

We suggest reading the following 2 parts of the Cancer Primer to get a better glimpse of what cancer is all about. Just click on the following .pdf's> 



Primer_on_Cancer_Part_I.pdf
Primer_on_Cancer_Part_I.pdf
Primer_on_Cancer-_Part_II.pdf
Primer_on_Cancer-_Part_II.pdf