COVER STORY · AUGUST 2017
CHANGING LIVES:
The practice’s physicians
have 60 years of combined
experience in treating cancer
and blood disorders. They treat
the whole person, not just the
disease, and work as a team to
customize treatments for each
patient's specific condition,
including support services
to help meet the personal
challenges patients may face
as a result of their illness. The
practice has a wide range of support services
for patients and their caregivers, such as:
CELEBRATING
YEARS OF CANCER
O
CARE IN BROWNSVILLE
ver the past 30 years, several
staff members of Texas
Oncology–Brownsville Cancer
Center have seen the growth
of cancer care in Brownsville
firsthand, serving patients within Cameron
County, surrounding cities, and even
internationally.
Since it opened its doors, the only cancer
center within the city limits has impacted the
lives of thousands of patients who, because
of the physicians and technology available,
are now able to say they
survived a cancer diagnosis.
Texas Oncology–Brownsville is the
southernmost clinic of the Texas
Oncology network of more than 420
physicians and 175 locations across
Texas and southeastern Oklahoma,
including 48 comprehensive
cancer centers. Texas Oncology’s
community-based approach of
integrated subspecialty oncology
care enables patients to receive
leading-edge treatment while living
at home, near the critical support of
family and friends.
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Educational Services
Financial Counseling
Genetic Risk Evaluation and Testing
Social Services
LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE CLOSE TO HOME
The practice has seen significant advances in
treatment over the past several decades and
credits a large portion of its success to the
improvement of technologies and treatments
that have revolutionized cancer care.
More than 1,500 people in Cameron
County will be diagnosed with cancer this
year. Texas Oncology–Brownsville helps
patients fight cancer in an advanced,
supportive environment and each physician
has special expertise in designated areas.
The majority of the practice’s care is
provided in an outpatient setting
using customized therapies
ranging from chemotherapy
and radiation therapy to
advanced technologies like
immunotherapy, proton
therapy, genetic testing,
and genomic sequencing.
Advanced treatments
and best practices that
come from leading-edge
research create the high
caliber of care found at Texas
Oncology.
Texas Oncology–Brownsville Physicians
(from left to right) Carlos Gonzalez, M.D.,
Balesh Sharma, M.D., Marcelo Boek, M.D.