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Dr.
prellop discusses cervical cancer
While a national
television campaign urges women to “Tell Your Friends” about
the HPV virus, the cause, treatment and a potential vaccination
for cervical cancer is also flooding print and broadcast
media. Local physician Dr. Perri Prellop will delve into
the affects of the disease in greater detail in a half-hour
feature broadcast on Cox Channel 9 and the Internet at www.KDCG.com.
Prellop, a physician with OncoLogics, Inc.
and a leading local medical professional involved with the
treatment of cervical cancer, will shed light on the disease
and its grip on women worldwide on “Health Wise,” the
weekly medical information show on KDCG that provides viewers
with the most extensive local information on health care.
Prellop will also be featured on the website broadcast, an
interactive counterpart to the show, which is available online
during the regular television broadcast of the Cervical Cancer
`Health Wise program using the streaming video link.
Prellop is a member of the American Society
for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Society
of Clinical Oncology. She has been recognized by the American
Federation for Medical Student Research and was honored at
the LSU Medical Research Day for her work in Gene Therapy.
“Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers
that we are able to screen for. The most important message
to get out is for women to have their annual pap smear. The
key to survival is early detection,” said Dr. Prellop.
Using state-of-the-art technologies,
women can not only vaccinate themselves from a virus known
as a risk factor associated with cervical cancer, new treatment
options have also been discovered such as non-invasive Tomotherapy.
“This allows physicians to treat tumors
without harming the healthy tissues surrounding it,” said
Dr. Prellop.
OncoLogics is a regional, premier radiation
oncology provider, known as a source of education, resources,
treatment, and preventative care in the communities it serves.
OncoLogics currently has offices in Crowley, Lafayette, Morgan
City, New Iberia, Opelousas, and Laurel, Miss.
Health Wise will air on Cox Communications
Channel 9 in Lafayette on the following dates: Tuesday, March
13 at 8:00 PM; Thursday, March 15 at 8:00 PM; Friday, March
16 at 7:30 PM; and Monday, March 19 at 12:30 PM. For those
having other cable companies, the channels are Cox Communications
9 - St. Mary Parish Channel 22, Charter Cable 11 - Iota & Jennings
Channel 5, Suddenlink 10, and Allen Cable 8. Additionally,
the program can be viewed online at the above mentioned times
by logging onto KDCG.com.
Last Updated on 10/05/07
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