Since its inception at the start of the 20th century, radiation therapy has been recognized as an essential element of an effective cancer care program and has become one of the most common forms of treatment for many types of cancer. Approximately fifty percent of cancer patients receive it either alone or in combination with other treatments with remarkable results.
Radiation oncologists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s cancer center, Lawrence Koutcher, M.D., and Leah Katz, M.D., MPH, both published experts and researchers on this subject, discuss this type of therapy and how it has raised the bar for more successful patient outcomes.
Two Notes a Day While the Doctorâs Away
Dr. Matthew Levitsky, an orthopedic surgery resident, leaves Deb Reich a note every morning, and she adds one for him during the day.
Credit.Felix Feygin/Fred Marcus Studio
By Rosalie R. Radomsky
May 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Deborah Rachel Reich got a preview of Dr. Matthew Michael Levitskyâs hectic schedule in June 2019 when she asked if their first date was still on after they met on Hinge.
âHell yeah! Letâs do it,â said Dr. Levitsky, 31, in a text. He was also impressed she took the initiative. Dr. Levitsky is a fourth-year orthopedic surgery resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. He graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University and received a medical degree from Tufts.
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