Dr. Brian Collins This is Me

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1. 1. www.goupstate.com

   www.goupstate.com/article/2008 - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/3/2008   Last Visited: 6/3/2008

   ,It,s a very favorable development,, said Dr. Brian Collins, a radiation oncologist at Georgetown Hospital.
   
   Removing the bulk of a tumor improves prognosis in part, Dr. Collins said, because it tends to let the patient better tolerate chemotherapy and radiation.

2. 2. Targeting lung cancer

   www.wfts.com/health/stories/20 - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/10/2006   Last Visited: 8/11/2006

   Brian Collins, M.D., is a radiation oncologist at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He says some patients have lungs that are too frail to even consider the surgical option.
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   Dr. Collins says the patients have been able to return to their normal lives after the procedure. He says while surgery is the optimal treatment for a patient with stage one lung cancer, those who would not tolerate a major procedure may do well with the CyberKnife. Dr. Collins says one day more cancers may be treated solely with non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery surgery rather than with a scalpel, but more research needs to be done to prove its efficacy and safety.

3. 3. www.MedWatchToday.com

   www.MedWatchToday.com/1043.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/22/2007   Last Visited: 1/11/2008

   Dr. Brian Collins
   
   Dr. Brian Collins, a national and international speaker on the CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery system, will visit Fresno on Oct. 25 to present a continuing medical education seminar to Valley physicians at the Manhattan Restaurant at 6 p.m.
   
   Dr. Collins is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and also serves is an assistant professor for the department of radiation medicine at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C.
   
   He specializes in tumors of the lung and pancreas and is well versed on CyberKnife's® unique capability to track moving tumors using the Synchrony System (soft tumor treatment for CyberKnife®).
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   "We can target the beam and follow the tumor, therefore only delivering radiation to the tumor and not to the normal lung," Dr. Collins said.
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   "We're amazed by what it can accomplish," Dr. Collins said.
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   For more information about Community Regional's CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery system or Dr. Collins' CME seminar, please call Natalie Silva at (559) 459-2752.