Marin Cancer Care: Recent Episodes
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Pacific Sun readers weigh in on their favorite people, places and things that make Marin County the world wonder it is. The Pacific Sun staff offers a few of their favorite things, too. Bobbie Head, MD has won Best Oncologist in the Pacific Sun’s Best of Marin contest. You can see the issue here.
All the physicians at Marin Cancer Care can be found on this peer-to-peer list. Click here to see the list. Methodology: Marin Magazine conducted a 2017 survey that has resulted in this [415] Top Doctors list — top physicians practicing in San Francisco and Marin counties who received multiple independent recommendations from their peers. The list […]
For many women with breast cancer, one of the most worrisome side effects associated with chemotherapy is hair loss. With cold cap therapy, women receiving chemotherapy treatment at the Smilow Family Breast Health Center at Norwalk Hospital have options that can significantly reduce alopecia or the loss of their hair. For the last 30 years, […]
Leonard L. Berry, PhD, MBA; Katie A. Deming, MD; and Tracey S. Danaher, PhD Abstract Nonclinical and clinical-support personnel serve patients on the front lines of care. Their service interactions have a powerful influence on how patients perceive their entire care experience, including the all-important interactions with clinical staff. Ignoring this reality means squandering opportunities to […]
Marin Cancer Care recently celebrated the work anniversaries of several long-term employees. We are proud that we have staff who have worked here for a very long time and we have little turnover. More than half of the employees have been part of the Marin Cancer Care family for five years or more. This is […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marin Cancer Care of Greenbrae, CA Achieves AAAHC Accreditation Greenbrae, California – November 15, 2018– Marin Cancer care has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Accreditation distinguishes this medical group from many other outpatient facilities by providing the highest quality of […]
57-year-old Scott Davis grew up as an Air Force brat. His family moved around a lot, but it was during their time in Phoenix that Scott got the sunburns that would eventually catch up with him, decades later, in the form of an aggressive melanoma. Scott first came to Marin in 1994 when he and […]
Listen to Bill Klaproth discuss Immunotherapy with Dr. Barbara Galligan One of the most promising tools in an oncologist’s toolbox is immunotherapy. This treatment boosts the body’s own immune system so it can effectively destroy cancer cells. Immunotherapy has proven very effective in certain cancers, such as some melanomas and lung tumors. While immunotherapy is still […]
An evolving science Advances in immunotherapy have had a continual impact on how physicians help patients with cancer, bringing a complex mix of challenges and successes, says Barbara Galligan, M.D., an oncologist at Marin Cancer Center. “Immunotherapy means a lot of different things,” she says. For example, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved […]
by Barbara Galligan, MD, hematology, oncology March 14, 2018 A little over two years ago, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in its annual report, named cancer immunotherapy the clinical cancer advance of the year. “No recent advance has been more transformative than the rise of immunotherapy” said ASCO President Julie Vose. “These new therapies […]