FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denise Coulter
October 5
th, 2017 805-379-4777
Understanding your Radiation options in Breast Cancer: How do you choose?
with Dr. Mitchell Kamrava, MD
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa
Barbara (CscVvsb) announces a free workshop, “Understanding your Radiation options in Breast Cancer: How do you choose? with Dr. Mitchell Kamrava, MD” on Wednesday, October 25th, 6:30-8:00pm, at 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361. Please call 805-379-4777 to RSVP or to learn more. Radiation is an important component of for women undergoing breast conservation therapy after their lumpectomy. Advances in radiation now allow for a variety of personalized treatment options ranging from just a single treatment of radiation delivered in the operating room (intra-operative radiation therapy), partial breast radiation, hypofractionated radiation (~4 weeks), and standard radiation (~6 weeks). In this talk we will discuss these various treatment options and how decisions are made regarding which treatment is best for an individual woman.
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, is the Director of Brachytherapy Services in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai. The radiation oncologist assumed his position in January 2017. His clinical areas include anal, bladder, breast, cervical, prostate, liver and other cancers. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, in 2005; he completed his internship at Stanford University Hospital in 2006 and his residency at the National Cancer Institute in 2010. Kamrava was named a 2017 Southern California Super Doctor.
About the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara
Celebrating more than two decades of providing support, education and hope to people fighting cancer, the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara is an independently governed and funded chapter of Cancer Support Community, the 50-member nation-wide organization. Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara serves more than 3,000 local residents affected by cancer each year with programs throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and into the San Fernando Valley. Programs are offered in English and Spanish and are all provided free of charge. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please visit
www.CancerSupportVvsb.org or call 805-379-4777. ###