Physician
General Surgery
Dr. Melvin J. Silverstein, MD
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Melvin Silverstein practices General Surgery. He went to medical school at Albany Medical College. He received 8 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:San Diego Area", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Redbook Magazine: Top Breast Cancer Doctors", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Melvin J. Silverstein, MD has written publications. He has 39 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Treatment Selection for Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast Using the University of Southern California/Van Nuys (USC/VNPI) Prognostic Index.' He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Treatment Selection for Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast Using the University of Southern California/Van Nuys (USC/VNPI) Prognostic Index.
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Recent History and Areas of Controversy.
- Intraoperative radiation therapy: a critical analysis of the ELIOT and TARGIT trials. Part 2--TARGIT.
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy: A Critical Analysis of the ELIOT and TARGIT Trials. Part 1-ELIOT.
- Oncoplastic Breast conservation surgery: The new paradigm.
- Radiotherapy for Breast cancer, the TARGIT-A trial.
- Risk of recurrence of ductal Carcinoma in situ by oncotype Dx technology: Some concerns.
- DCIS Treated with Excision Alone Using the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines.
- Postmastectomy Irradiation for DCIS with Narrow Margins: Not for the Festrunk Brothers.
- Breast cancer recurrence after inadvertent malpositioning of a partial Breast radiation catheter.
- Triangle Resection with Crescent Mastopexy: An Oncoplastic Breast Surgical Technique for Managing Inferior Pole Lesions.
- Accuracy of Predicting Axillary Lymph Node Positivity by Physical Examination, Mammography, Ultrasonography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- How I do it: oncoplastic Breast-conservation surgery.
- Ductal Carcinoma in situ: dilemma or denouement.
- Choosing treatment for patients with ductal Carcinoma in situ: fine tuning the University of Southern California/Van Nuys Prognostic Index.
- The impact of primary tumor size, lymph node status, and other prognostic factors on the risk of Cancer death.
- Why Cancer at the primary site and in the lymph nodes contributes to the risk of Cancer death.
- How Cancer at the primary site and in the lymph nodes contributes to the risk of Cancer death.
- Special report: Consensus conference III. Image-detected Breast cancer: state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment.
- Invasive local recurrence increased after radiation therapy for ductal Carcinoma in situ.
- Ductal Carcinoma in situ: through a glass, darkly.
- Outcomes for women with ductal Carcinoma-in-situ and a positive sentinel node: a multi-institutional audit.
- Should all patients undergoing Breast conserving therapy for DCIS receive radiation therapy? No. One size does not fit all: an argument against the routine use of radi...
- What is the value of axillary dissection or sentinel node biopsy in patients with ductal Carcinoma in situ?
- Breast cancer-specific mortality after invasive local recurrence in patients with ductal carcinoma-in-situ of the Breast.
- Margin width as the sole determinant of local recurrence after Breast conservation in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast.
- A minimally invasive Breast biopsy clinic: an innovative way to teach Breast fellows how to perform Breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided Breast procedures.
- Breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis in augmented women.
- Local control in ductal Carcinoma in situ treated by excision alone: incremental benefit of larger margins.
- Image-detected Breast cancer: state of the art diagnosis and treatment.
- Outcome after invasive recurrence in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast.
- Re: Trends in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast.
- An argument against routine use of radiotherapy for ductal Carcinoma in situ.
- The University of Southern California/Van Nuys prognostic index for ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast.
- Current controversies in ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast: summary from the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.
- Breast-conserving therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ: a 20-year experience with excision plus radiation therapy.
- Lymph node status combined with lymphovascular invasion creates a more powerful tool for predicting outcome in patients with invasive Breast cancer.
- Extreme oncoplasty: Breast conservation for patients who need mastectomy.
Schools
Albany Med Coll
Boston Medical Center
Surgical Oncology UCLA
Procedures Preformed
- Biopsy of Breast
- Breast Surgical Procedure
- Excision of Breast Tumor
- Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
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Conditions Treated
- Anemia
- Breast Cancer
- Carcinoma in Situ
- Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
Doctors Specialties
- Breast Surgery
- Breast Surgical Oncology
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Redbook Magazine: Top Breast Cancer Doctors
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Boston University Medical Center -
Albany Medical College
Hospital
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1699707372 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SILVERSTEIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MELVIN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 926586100 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Surgical Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 49.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1699707372 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SILVERSTEIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | MELVIN |
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