Dr. Rosen explains how patients with cutaneous lymphoma should advocate for their health when they visit their health care providers and shares how often this lymphoma is fatal.
Dr. Rosen:
The most important thing that the individual can do is to make sure she is getting care by the appropriate experts, someone who has got the knowledge base to deliver the treatment that’s necessary.
Cutaneous lymphomas can be fatal, though with modern treatment the vast majority of patients have the opportunity to live decades with control of their disease.
About Dr. Steven Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.P:
Steven Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Genevieve Teuton Professor of Medicine, at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Director of Cancer Programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Following his graduation with distinction from Northwestern University Medical School's Six-Year Honors Program in 1976, Dr. Rosen completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Rosen's laboratory research focuses on experimental therapeutics and hematologic malignancies.
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