UMC Health System - Physician Notes

Fall 2017

Physician Notes is a magazine published by UMC Health System in Lubbock Texas

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For information about receiving copies of Physician Notes, or to subscribe to the digital edition, please email physician.notes@umchealthsystem.com. ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1.806.775.8755. CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Gọi số 1.806.775.8755. Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/of fice/file/index.html LIVER CANCER PATIENTS OFFERS MAJOR OPTIONS FOR Y T TRIUM-90 (Y-90) RADIOEMBOLIZATION INVOLVES DELIVERING MICROBEADS COATED WITH Y-90 DIRECTLY INTO A TUMOR IN THE LIVER, MINIMIZING ANY TOXICIT Y TO THE REST OF THE BODY. UMC HEALTH SYS TEM has performed three successful Y-90 radioembolization procedures so far and is preparing for more in the future. "We've had many requests for Y-90 therapy from the oncology community," said Bharat Kakarala, M.D., interventional radiologist with UMC. Y-90 radioembolization is especially useful for patients who cannot undergo surgery. e treatment can also be used to reduce the size of tumors that are too large for surgical resection. "e procedure can be used in conjunction with chemotherapy without halting an entire treatment regimen," Dr. Kakarala said. "If the patient is on a waiting list for a liver transplant, we can contain the growth of the tumor until he or she finds a donor and can be treated with Y-90 while still staying home in the West Texas region, rather than having to travel to the transplant center in Dallas or Oklahoma for treatment." Y-90 radioembolization requires two outpatient visits — one to map out the arteries that feed liver tumors and a second to deliver millions of microbeads that are less than half the width of a hair to tumors through a catheter. Patients can be discharged home approximately four hours after each procedure, which doesn't require general anesthesia. e treatment can be repeated if necessary. UMC Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. UMC Health System does not exclude people or treat them dif ferently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. UMC Health System: + Provides free aids and ser vices to people with disabilities to communicate ef fectively with us, such as: − Qualified sign language interpreters − Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats) + Provides free language ser vices to people whose primar y language is not English, such as: − Qualified interpreters − Information written in other languages If you need these ser vices, ask at the Information Desk in the Main Lobby or the staf f in UMC's Ser vice Development Department (806.775.8755). If you believe that UMC Health System has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with: UMC Service Development Department, 602 Indiana Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 79415, 806.775.8755, aaron.davis@umchealthsystem.com. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the staff in UMC's Service Development Department (806.775.8755) is available to help you. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser vices, Of fice for Civil Rights, electronically through the Of fice for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal. hhs.gov/ocr/ portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser vices 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building Washington, D.C. 20201 800.868.1019, 800.537.7697 (TDD) 602 Indiana Ave Lubbock, TX 79415

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