Facing cancer treatment?
Get a second opinion - A REAL second opinion
from cancer surgeon
Dr. Richard A. Evans
Twenty-five years ago Dr. Evans became an early advocate of lumpectomy to treat breast cancer. Since then he has searched the world's medical literature and found that many types of cancer can be effectively treated with conservative surgery, an approach he calls “preservation surgery.” In 1995, he wrote Making the Right Choice: Treatment Options in Cancer Surgery. Later his book was updated and revised, adding over 100 medical articles. In 2001, his book was republished under the title The Cancer Breakthrough You've Never Heard of. His books have received dozens of excellent reviews.
In 1998, he founded the Texas Cancer Center . Its mission is to ensure that all patients facing treatment for cancer have access to the medical information they need in order to choose the treatment that is right for them.
Dr. Evans brings the latest medical research to your podium. He explains the science and politics of medicine in terms patients can understand. Dr. Evans brings a positive, upbeat message. Most of the information he provides is available nowhere else in the lay media.
For example, a group of California cancer specialists has found that hormonal therapy alone is safe and effective treatment for early prostate cancer. But, most urologists continue to recommend radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, which often causes permanent impotence. Some women with breast cancer can safely avoid radiation therapy altogether. But, many cancer specialists sstill insist on radiation therapy, even if it benefits only 1 patient out of 200.
Dr. Evans will tell you what to do if you hear those dreaded words,“I'm sorry, it's cancer.” Dr. Evans will tell you where to find reliable information and how to talk with your doctors. He will help you create a list of questions which will help you arrive at a treatment plan that's right for you.
Dr. Evans has consulted with hundreds of patients. He has contributed over fifty publications to the leading medical and surgical journals in the U.S. and abroad, including the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association.) The American Journal of Surgery said that Dr. Evans "challenges . . . surgical tenets that were once etched in stone."
The Texas Cancer Center gratefully welcomes contributions from all those 
