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ADVANCED AND COMPASSIONATE
CANCER CARE
an army and caring for them like a
family” that guides our 21CO Dream
Team every day.
As the nation’s largest integrated cancer
care provider, we’ve brought radiation
oncology treatments and other
treatment services to patients in
communities across the country, like
Sarasota, for many years. With 130
treatment centers spread, 21CO is able
to offer expert care coupled with the
most advanced technology to patients
close to home, in a comfortable setting.
21CO also offers state-of-the-art
equipment and a host of the most
evolved techniques, like 3D Conformal
Radiotherapy, Image Guided
Radiotherapy (IGRT) and Intensity
Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT),
and several others. This technology is
helping us help others and is changing
InHEALTH
As with any cancer, preventative
measures and routine screenings are
imperative. In fact, some screenings
will detect pre-cancerous changes
years before they become cancer,
enabling the proper treatment early
enough to prevent it. For instance, Pap
smears, mammograms, and colon
cancer screenings are all tests that
rates from certain cancers in the
United States. While complete
prevention is ultimately the goal,
screenings can also help physicians
detect cancer at an early stage in
which treatment can stop it from
metastasizing or becoming lifethreatening.
Unfortunately, however, prevention is
not always enough. Though eating a
healthy diet, exercising, and
maintaining a healthy weight can help
lower your risk of getting cancer, there
are cases in which a cancer diagnosis
in unavoidable or even genetic. This is
why it’s important to seek the best
integrative care.
At 21st Century Oncology (21CO), our
Dream Team of nearly 1,000 physicians
truly functions as a family, amongst
colleagues and with our patients.
People that come to 21CO for
treatment aren’t just part of a faceless
list of patients – they are real people,
with real names and families and
stories, that we bond with and do
everything in our power to help them
live their best possible lives. It’s that
By Larry N. Silverman, MD
lives by offering personalized treatment
options designed to meet the unique
needs of each patient and their
diagnosis.
Often, radiation therapy treatment
sessions have to be facilitated multiple
times per week over the course of
several weeks, or months, depending
on the severity of the diagnosis. This is
why we believe the best care is the kind
that enables patients to remain close to
their support systems so they can heal
comfortably. On top of that, the
to home allows them to continue their
normal daily routines. This is a very
important component of cancer
treatment that patients should also take
into consideration.
When life doesn’t go as planned and
you need help, you want to be
surrounded by people who will keep
trying and are willing to do whatever it
takes. Giving hope and promising
treatment options to patients close to
home is nothing short of amazing and
it’s what our team at 21CO does every
day to be unstoppable in our crusade
against cancer.
Larry N. Silverman, MD
21st Century Oncology
3210 Fruitville Road
Sarasota, FL 34237
(941) 364-8887
3663 Bee Ridge Road
Sarasota, FL 34233
(941) 924-8700
“Some screenings will
detect pre-cancerous
changes years before
they become cancer,
enabling the proper
treatment early enough
to prevent it. “