Meet Dr. Andrew Zhang
May 25, 2021Information
Dr. Zhang discusses his role as a radiation oncologist and how he treats the entire patient using a team approach.
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- 00:00Hi, my name is Andrew saying I am radiation
- 00:03colleges said Yelan I treat mostly GI
- 00:06patients and breast cancer patients.
- 00:08I chose to become a radiation oncologist
- 00:11because it represents a cutting edge
- 00:13in cancer treatment were able to use
- 00:15photon electron and proton particles
- 00:18to deliver patient specific millimeter
- 00:20accurate radiation treatments.
- 00:21Patients are just calm as they are
- 00:24preferably with the family member.
- 00:26I think a lot of times having
- 00:28a diagnosis of cancer.
- 00:30Even though a lot of cancers like
- 00:33early stage breast cancer can
- 00:34be cured 9095% of the time,
- 00:36that diagnosis is traumatizing,
- 00:38it's very difficult.
- 00:38And sometimes when we present
- 00:40a lot of information,
- 00:41it's difficult for one person to be
- 00:44able to absorb it all at one time.
- 00:460 Coming with one family member,
- 00:48I know there's a lot of
- 00:50restrictions nowadays with COVID,
- 00:52so if that's not possible,
- 00:53we do a lot of Tele health visits and
- 00:56being on a zoom meeting with me with
- 00:58some of your family members so that
- 01:01you guys can all process it together.
- 01:03I think it's invaluable.
- 01:05I think patients should be empowered
- 01:08with every resource available to them.
- 01:10An Internet,
- 01:11of course,
- 01:12can be confusing because with
- 01:14any cancer diagnosis there,
- 01:16sometimes the Internet poses
- 01:17more questions than answers,
- 01:19but I think that if patients come
- 01:22well prepared with their questions
- 01:24and with their own research,
- 01:26we can more easily work through
- 01:28them and more easily tackle.
- 01:31You know these questions 1 by 1.
- 01:34Our radiation oncology team
- 01:36consists of the patient,
- 01:37the center, and we are a big team
- 01:40to support them with physicians,
- 01:43nurses, technicians, physicists,
- 01:44dosimetrists.
- 01:45I'm hoping I'm not missing anyone
- 01:48but we all have our own role in
- 01:50explaining and providing the best
- 01:52radiation care for the patient.
- 01:54And of course with that team
- 01:57is not only the patient but
- 01:59also their family members too.