Upcoming Events at Beverly Hills Cancer Center
SPEAKER SERIES: Sandeep K. Reddy, MD
Topic: “Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”
Date: Thursday, July 16th
Location: Beverly Hills Cancer Center
Time: 6pm-8pm
RSVP: 310-432-8992, Dinner will be provided
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FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS
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Beverly Hills Cancer Center & It’s Quality Care
Highlights In This Issue
BHCC & It’s Quality Care P.1
Watercress Benefits P.2
The Best Imaging Offers P.3
Upcoming Events P.4
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The many attributes of BHCC include a
soothingly-designed facility with natural
lighting, calming music, and other
thoughtful details—such as custom
colors and furniture made especially for
patient comfort. Private infusion suites
are available with computers and plasma
TVs for personal entertainment. In
addition, Wireless internet access is
available in the center’s spacious and
naturally lit chemotherapy infusion areas.
A Zen patio with views of Beverly Hills
and Hollywood Hills is available for
patients to relax and enjoy the fresh air
with their family and friends.
Along with laboratory services, advanced
diagnostic imaging including CT, MRI,
PET/CT and bone scanning all under one
roof, the center also offers nutrition
education, stress management,
psychological counseling, massage
therapy and acupuncture. The first floor
Energie Café offers patients organic tea
and coffee. The center’s integrated
services approach helps reduce some of
the stress and anxiety associated with
cancer care and treatments.
(Continued on page 2)
Our new comprehensive cancer center
in Beverly Hills prides itself in first
rate quality and compassionate
medical care while healing patients in
an all-inclusive comfortable and
convenient setting.
(Beverly Hills, CA) Gone are the days
when cancer patients have to grapple
with confusing, impersonal and multi-
level institutional medical center
buildings and parking garages—or the
days of receiving chemotherapy
treatments, radiation therapy treatments
and diagnostic tests in separate facilities
that require travel and transfer of medical
records to multiple locations around
town.
The new Beverly Hills Cancer Center is
a beautiful, technologically advanced
20,000 square foot facility designed
specifically for the cancer patient’s
comfort and convenience. BHCC
provides an atmosphere that focuses not
only on top quality and state of the art
medicine, but also offers integrative and
alternative medicine alternatives
focusing on the mind and body in a
soothing, tranquil setting designed to
elevate the healing process.
SUMMER FOODS: WATERCRESS
Watercress and Watermelon
bring to mind summer foods,
refreshing and cooling. These
delicious foods have additional
benefits as cancer fighters.
Let’s start with the vegetable
watercress which grows
naturally along river beds or
other running fresh water sites.
Watercress (Nasturtium
officinale) is a member of the
Cruciferous family and grows
wild in many parts of the
world. Watercress is thought
to have originated in Persia
and is now widely cultivated
all over the world.
Hippocrates described
watercress and its medicinal
values in 460 BCE building a
hospital next to a stream of
pure spring water where it was
cultivated for his patients. It
is appreciated as a salad
vegetable, in soups and as a
garnish for a wide variety of
dishes. With a sharp, peppery
flavor watercress provides
many phytonutrients or plant
based chemicals with
nutritional value. These
include the antioxidant
vitamins C, A and E as well as
the B vitamin folate. Iodine,
calcium and iron are minerals
found in significant amounts.
harmful carcinogens.
Watercress is very low in
calories (about 4 calories per
34 grams serving with 1 gram
protein).
We asked our specialist Carolyn
Katzin, MS CNS, her expertise on
the benefits of watercress for
cancer patients.
By Carolyn Katzin, MS CNS
Beverly Hills Cancer Center & Quality Care
Continued from Page 1…
A state-of-art facility with high
tech treatment and diagnostic
devices and electronic medical
records, Beverly Hills Cancer
Center uniquely provides a full
spectrum of diagnostics and
treatment in a single location. The
Center’s exceptional doctors and
staff are committed to only the best
care and experience for cancer
patients and their families.
For more information, contact
Selen Ermanav, Marketing
Director at
(310) 927-1797 or
(310) 432-8992
Acupuncture Benefits
Did you know Acupuncture's use
in cancer patients has been
recommended by the American
Cancer Society (ACS) for the
treatment of cancer and treatment-
related symptoms such as pain,
nausea, breathlessness, vasomotor
symptoms and limb edema.
Call (310)432-8900 to make an
appointment with
Heather Lounsbury L.Ac.
THE BEST THAT IMAGING OFFERS AT BHCC Psychological Help For Everyone
Being diagnosed with cancer is a
significant, life-changing event.
It is common to feel
overwhelmed and stressed out. If
you are in need of help, please
feel free to contact Dr. Michael
Dishon. He has been a licensed
psychologist since 1983 and
recognizes that dealing with
health issues puts additional
demands on one’s coping
capacity as well as your family
and support system. Dr. Dishon
focuses on strengthening coping
mechanisms in times of stress.
Call 310.432.8900 to make an
appointment with
Michael Dishon PH.D.
Radiation Oncology at BHCC
offers the latest in state of the art
technology with highly qualified
physicians in the field of
Radiotherapy. Treatments include
treatment of breast, prostate, and
lung cancer to name a few.
Radiotherapy may be a primary
treatment or combined with
chemotherapy, hormone therapy,
surgery or a combination of the
three. Our team includes the
area’s leaders in radiation
oncology and offers the latest in
cutting-edge technology. The
availability of IMRT, IGRT and
stereotactic treatments at Beverly
Hills Cancer Center has allowed
us to take radiation treatments to
the next level.
Call 310.432.8900 for more info
or visit
www.bhcancercenter.com
The particular flavor is
associated with sulfur
compounds called
isothiocyanates. These active
cancer preventing chemicals
are released when the
watercress is chewed or
chopped and provide
stimulation of important
detoxification enzymes that
protect us from possibly
harmful carcinogens.
Watercress is very low in
calories (about 4 calories per
34 grams serving with 1 gram
protein).
support colon health. Walnuts
are an excellent source of
omega-3 fatty acids which are
anti-inflammatory. Extra
virgin olive oil provides
monounsaturated fatty acids
which increase the overall
health benefits of this salad.
Lightly toss with balsamic
vinegar, extra virgin olive oil
and a little mustard to taste if
desired (to increase the cancer
fighting benefits). Thinly slice
the cheese and add to the salad
with the walnut halves. Serve
immediately.
One serving of this salad
provides helpful cancer-
fighting isothiocyanates. In
addition, the goat or sheep’s
cheese provides an easy to
digest type of fats called short
chained fatty acids which
Ingredients
• 1 bunch watercress with
sprigs
• 1 head of Belgian endive
(another good source of
isothiocyanates)
• Goat or sheep’s cheese
(soft type)
• A few walnut halves
• Balsamic vinegar and
extra virgin olive oil
dressing
Call 310.432.8900 to make an
appointment with
Carolyn Katzin, MS CNS
Beverly Hills Cancer
Center keeps physicians
on the cutting edge of
technology with
diagnostic imaging.
Whether you are a patient
in need of a more
comfortable imaging
experience or a physician
with patients who need CT,
MRI, PET/CT or bone scan,
you’ll find unsurpassed care
at our diagnostic imaging
center. We combine
advanced diagnostic
technology with a unique
white-glove patient
experience.
Patients enjoy free valet
parking and a host of other
amenities, services and
conveniences. Images are
read by specialized
radiologists who are experts
in their field. When doctors
need reports and images
fast, our web-based PACS
system delivers.
Some specific scans
provided at Beverly Hills
Cancer Center include:
Diagnostic CT
• Head/Brain
• Sinuses, mastoids
• Neck
• Chest
• Abdomen
• Pelvis
• Spine (Cervical, Thoracic,
Lumbar)
• Extremities and Joints
(Shoulder, wrist, elbow,
knee, ankle, etc.)
• CT Urogram
• CT Angiogram (Brain,
carotids, abdominal aorta,
extremities)
PET/CT (FDG)
• Whole body
• Head and Neck
• Brain
Diagnostic MRI
• Brain
• Neck
• Spine (Cervical, Thoracic,
Lumbar)
• Abdomen
• Pelvis
• Extremities and Joints
(Shoulder, wrist, elbow, knee,
ankle, etc.)
• MR Arthrogram of Joints
(Shoulder, knee, hip)
• MR Angiogram (Brain,
carotids, abdominal aorta)
• MRCP
• Liver
Bone Scan
• NaF18 Bone PET/CT
This Quarter’s Staff Highlight James McDonald R.N., B.S.N., M.P.H. Head Nurse
James MacDonald, RN,
BSN, MPH graduated from the
University of Connecticut in 1986
with a Baccalaureate Degree in
Nursing. Upon graduation he began
his nursing career at New England
Medical Center/Floating Hospital for
Children. James MacDonald graduated
from Boston University in 1992 with a
Master’s Degree in Public Health.
Watercress & Endive
Salad
Separate the watercress heads
from the thick stalks and rinse
well. Place in a salad bowl or
directly onto salad plates.
Wash and slice the endive and
arrange on top.
The initial portion of his career in oncology
nursing was spent in pediatric oncology.
When he transitioned to Los Angeles from
Boston, he also transitioned into the field of
adult medical oncology. Since 2000, he has
continued to work in the field of oncology
which he enjoys immensely and takes a
proactive approach to high quality patient
care and comfort.