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Cancer Care Institute
Dedicated to the treatment of cancer through compassion, and evidence based medicine.
Testimonials
What Our Patients Are Saying
I have been seen Dr Do for over 3 years such an excellent person he understands his patients and understands our needs!
Carmen H.
The best care and support any patient and family can get ! Super doctors and staff, I love coming here. Thanks Sandra for your warm greetings all the time!
Leni N.
This cancer care institute is a wonderful place to receive treatments. A family member of mine was diagnosed with cancer recently. The whole family was confused and didn't know where to start the process of looking for a proper treatment option. Cancer Care Institute made every thing easy to understand and gave us a break down of the options and with help of the doctors we were able to choose the best treatment option for us.
Laura M.
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Cancer Care Institute is proud to announce that it has been awarded accreditation by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO).
The ACRO Accreditation review evaluated various business aspects including equipment, staff, policies, procedures and treatment compared to nationally accepted Radiation Oncology standards. A site visit review examined quality and efficiency of patient care, as well as appropriateness of radiation therapy equipment, professional performance and staffing levels. The reviewers report their findings to the ACRO board for final approval and accreditation.ACRO found Cancer Care Institute to follow all accepted standards of professional practice in radiation oncology and awarded accreditation.
Getting Started
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Patient
- We accept nearly all insurances. If we are not contracted with a your insurance, we will attempt to secure a contract.
- Support Groups
- Patient Portal Access
- Education - Learn More
The Practice of Morteza Dowlatshahi, MD, Inc.is required by applicable federal and state laws to maintain the privacy of your health information. Protected health information (PHI) is the information we create and maintain in the course of providing our services to you. Such information may include documentation of your symptoms, examination and test results, diagnoses and treatment protocols. It also may include billing documents for those services. We are permitted by federal privacy law (the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)), to use and disclose your PHI,without your written authorization, for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations.
We we proud to have over 800 Specialist and Primary Care Physicians who continue to use Cancer Care Institute as their primary Oncologic Center.
Healthcare Professional
As the referring physician, you have access to our full range of facilities, our multidisciplinary team and the latest medical expertise. We work as partners with you and your patient during the treatment process and we maintain close, interactive communication with you. When treatment is concluded, your patient will be referred back to you for ongoing care.
- Doctors Referral Form (For Doctors Use) - PDF Document
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Our Philosophy
Cancer is a complex disease. Multiple medical specialties are involved in diagnosis, management and treatment.
Our goal is to help you understand your situation and show the latest research based options recommended for you. We will coordinate necessary treatment and provide long-term follow-up.
Radiation As Treatment
External Radiation
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Radiation therapy, including IMRT, stops cancer cells from dividing and growing, thus slowing or stopping tumor growth. In many cases, radiation therapy is capable of killing all of the cancer cells, thus shrinking or eliminating tumors.
Volumetric Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
Volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) VMAT is a type of IMRT technique. The radiotherapy machine rotates around the patient during treatment. The machine continuously reshapes and changes the intensity of the radiation beam as it moves around the body.
LUNG Symmetry
Lung Symmetry is a method of localizing the lung cancer that allows us to track the movement of the tumor as the patient breathes in and out. This allows us to shrink and conform our radiation volumes exactly around the tumor. This in turn, decreases the dose to the surrounding structures such as lung, heart, esophagus and spinal cord. This leads to decreased treatment toxicity and increased patient outcomes.
3D CT Planning
Cancer Care Institute has a wide bore General Electric state of the art CT simulation scanner, allowing the physicians and staff to be able to visualize the target area and surrounding organs in 3 dimensional space. This also allows our most advanced treatment planning system to make over 1 trillion calculations to create the most precise radiation dose plans using the CT scan obtained. This wide bore CT allows us to scan the patient in the actual treatment position, allowing for highly reproducible treatments.
Imaged-guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is the use of imaging during radiation therapy to improve the precision and accuracy of treatment delivery. IGRT is used to treat tumors in areas of the body that move, such as the lungs. Radiation therapy machines are equipped with imaging technology to allow your doctor to image the tumor before and during treatment. By comparing these images to the reference images taken during simulation, the patient’s position and/or the radiation beams may be adjusted to more precisely target the radiation dose to the tumor. Some IGRT procedures may use fiducial markers, electromagnetic transponders or colored ink tattoos on the skin to help align and target the radiation equipment.
Internal (Brachy) Radiation
AccuBoost Applicators for Non-Invasive, Real-Time
Image Guided Breast Brachytherapy Delivery:
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Avoids radiation to heart, lungs and chest wall
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Lower skin dose and skin complications
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Less toxicity and better cosmetic results
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For Boost or APBI
Brachytherapy remains an integral component in the treatment of cancer in both an outpatient and an inpatient setting. It involves the placement of either permanent seeds or hollow needles into the tumor though which a radioactive source can irradiate tumor from the inside out. By placing these needles into the tumor, we can avoid irradiating surrounding critical organs.
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Progress continues to be made in the rate of survival and recovery for many cancer patients. At the forefront of this progress is The Cancer Care Institute, a comprehensive outpatient setting for state-of-the-art cancer care in San Jose and Morgan Hill / Gilroy. Integrating medical surgical and radiation oncology. The Institute creates a synergy of medicine and the research of science. We believe that in providing patients and physicians with increasingly advanced technology, keeping them on the cutting edge of treatment research and encouraging the dissemination and sharing of information, we will continue to make strides in the war of cancer.
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Cancer Help Line
A diagnosis of cancer for a patient of family member, or even a suspicion of cancer causes fear and uncertainty. The Cancer Help Line is an important link that gives Northern California resident's answers to their cancer-related questions by telephone. A skilled oncology nurse specialist is available to provide basic information and support.
Our Locations
Schedule your appointment and someone from our Care Team will contact you shortly.
Or call us at our San Jose Office (408) 729-4673
Morgan Hill / Gilroy Office (408) 779-1400