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We are committed to protecting the security of that information, called protected health information (PHI), and to prevent its disclosure without your authorization.":1,"#By law, we are required to:":1,"#Provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to PHI":1,"#Privacy Practices at START (NPP)":1,"#Notify you if there is a security breach of protected health information (PHI) except when the PHI is encrypted and is disposed of securely":1,"#This Notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.":1,"#The following categories describe different ways that we use and disclose health information. Within each category, we have provided a list of examples.":1,"#We create a record of the care and services that patients receive from us. We need this record to provide patients with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This notice applies to all records of patient care generated by START Center for Cancer Care, whether made by a physician or by others working in this practice. This notice tells you about how we may use and disclose our patients’ PHI. We also describe rights to the PHI that we keep about patients and explain the obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of our patients’ PHI.":1,"#Risk Factors":1,"#Genetic Factors":1,"#Palliative":1,"#Debulking":1,"#This type of surgery partially removes your cancer when full removal would cause excessive damage to the surrounding tissue. The remaining cancer cells are then usually treated with radiation or chemotherapy.":1,"#Curative":1,"#You Play an Important Role in Your Own Surgery":1,"#Supportive surgery makes other cancer treatments easier. For example, rather than repeatedly puncturing the skin for every chemotherapy treatment, a device can be inserted that gives your oncologist easy access to your bloodstream.":1,"#Supportive":1,"#Staging":1,"#After a serious cancer operation, surgery may be performed to restore a person’s appearance or the function of an organ or body part. For example, breast reconstruction may be performed after a woman undergoes a full mastectomy.":1,"#If your doctor has determined that surgery is necessary to treat your cancer, it’s important that you observe all instructions given to you for the sake of your treatment and general safety. If you have any questions, make sure to ask your care team to work with you to resolve any issues.":1,"#When cancer is localized, surgery to remove the tumor can effectively cure cancer by removing all malignant cells from the body. Curative surgery can be done in conjunction with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, performed either before or after your procedure.":1,"#Staging surgery is performed to discover exactly how much cancer somebody has and how far it has spread. This helps your cancer-care team determine the best method(s) of treatment for your individual situation.":1,"#We will educate you on your surgical plan to help you understand the inevitable risks and possible side effects associated with your surgery. Your understanding of your treatment plan and confidence in our abilities helps us to provide you with effective surgical treatment.":1,"#Restorative":1,"#There are several different approaches to cancer surgery that depend on each individual situation. Below are different ways surgery can be used to fight cancer:":1,"#Oncology Surgery":1,"#Age":1,"#Fatique":1,"#There are many different types of radiation therapy. The exact type, frequency, and duration of treatment that will be most appropriate and effective for you or your loved one is dependent on a range of factors (cancer type, cancer stage, patient health, treatment goals, etc.). Radiation therapy can be used to reduce symptoms even when cure of the underlying cancer is not possible. Here are the most common forms of radiotherapy in use today:":1,"#About The Side Effects Of Radiation Therapy":1,"#Radiation therapy does come with unpleasant side effects, but they can usually be well controlled or treated. The most common side effects of radiation therapy (but not radiosurgery) include:":1,"#Treating cancer from outside the body using a beam of ionizing radiation has evolved immensely in recent decades. Initially, the beam was pointed directly at the area of the body inside which the tumor was located. It then evolved to conform to the exact shape and size of the tumor (called 3D conformal radiotherapy), a step made possible by the 3D imaging of CT scans. External radiotherapy then evolved into intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), which made the beam even more conformal to the shape and size of the tumor. Later, image guidance was added to further improve the precision of external beam radiation. External-beam radiation therapy typically lasts 6 to 8 weeks (about 2 months).":1,"#Fighting Cancer With All Types Of Radiation Treatment":1,"#Decrease in white blood cell counts":1,"#Skin reactions (radiation dermatitis)":1,"#External-Beam Radiation Therapy":1,"#Family History":1,"#Genetic Counseling":1,"#Melanoma":1,"#United States":1,"#Dr. Lon Smith is a Medical Oncologist in private practice with the START Center and is also the president and CEO. He graduated from Rice University and LSU Medical School. 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Your physicians then will carefully fill out the form as necessary. We will be happy to mail you a HIPAA-compliant authorization for you to sign in front of a notary if you need one. Most forms require a fee payable at the time the form is received. The expected turnaround time is 7 to 10 business days.":1,"#It depends on your insurance. Some insurance companies require “an order” from your physician before they will pay for your medical visit. We recommend you call your insurance company to check on your benefits, and then you can call us to see if we accept your insurance.":1,"#Frequently Asked Questions":1,"#Retroperitoneal Sarcomas":1,"#Gastric Cancer":1,"#Gallbladder Cancer":1,"#Small Intestine Cancer":1,"#Ampullary Cancer":1,"#Blog":1,"#Loss of appetite":1,"#Click Here":1,"#Cholangiocarcinoma":1,"#From diagnosis to treatment and beyond, our board-certified oncologists, surgeons, and supportive care experts work together to create a treatment plan tailored to your unique needs.":1,"#We have many financial counselors at South Texas Oncology and Hematology who are available to inform all patients of resources available to assist them with not only co-pay and coinsurance costs, but general healthcare costs as well. Our goal is to assist each patient in obtaining additional funding to reduce their financial burden. A financial counseling appointment is automatically scheduled with each new patient.":1,"#Conditions We Treat":1,"#Dr Brittany DeBerry earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, and her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston in 2001, where she was inducted into both Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. She continued her training at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and was chosen Intern of the Year and Resident of the Year for two subsequent years. She completed her residency in 2006. Board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. DeBerry has been in practice in San Antonio since 2006. She is also a past Chief of Surgery at Methodist Hospital. Dr. DeBerry is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and Association of Women Surgeons. Dr. DeBerry is a general surgeon with a special interest in caring for patients with breast cancer as well as with benign disease of the breast. She enjoys the relationship developed during this difficult time for patients. Dr. DeBerry sees patients at our Medical Center office and operates in the Methodist, Baptist, and Santa Rosa hospital systems.":1,"#Contact Brittany DeBerry, MD":1,"#Clinic Locations":1,"#Provider Name":1,"#Apply Now":1,"#Search Providers":1,"#Reset":1,"#Doctors":1,"#Advanced Filters":1,"#Gynecologic Oncology":1,"#All":1,"#Targeted Therapy":1,"#Immunotherapy":1,"#Learn More":1},"version":887}]