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Dr. Malcolm Brigden has been senior medical oncologist at the Jack Ady Cancer Program in Lethbridge Alberta as well as an associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of Calgary. Dr. Malcolm Brigden received his medical degree from McGill University and pursued postgraduate training at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota.
Dr. Brigden’s professional practice in Lethbridge Alberta includes the full spectrum of solid tumors as well as backup in malignant hematology. 

Dr. MALCOLM L. BRIGDEN is a medical oncologist, a doctor who focuses diagnosing and treating cancer using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and biological therapy. A medical oncologist like Dr. MALCOLM BRIGDEN often is the main health care provider for somebody who has cancer. A medical oncologist also gives supportive care and should coordinate the treatment given by other specialists.
Medical oncology is the specialty of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and, more specifically, the management of cancer treatment.

A medical oncologist like Dr. Malcolm Brigden is an internist who has completed a 1 year internship followed by a 3 year residency in oncology and general medicine. Dr. Malcolm Brigden has knowledge of all aspects of the treatment of cancer including chemotherapy, surgery, radio therapy, and biological therapy. In practice it's the medical oncologist like Dr. Malcolm Brigden who determines the right choice of medicine and therefore the dosage and schedule of medicines to tend. Consultation with radiation therapists and surgeons is frequent in order that chemotherapy are often combined with these modalities when it offers the simplist outcome.

The medical oncologist like Dr. Malcolm Brigden usually is the manager of the care of a cancer patient. Expertise in pain management, treatment of chemotherapy side effects, psychological care, and social needs all are considered by Dr. Malcolm Brigden the medical oncologist. A medical oncologist like Dr. Brigden may have an interest in certain sorts of cancer or certain therapies like biological therapy. But, the medical oncologist like Dr. Malcolm Brigden has the training, experience, and skills spotting out the newest information on all sorts of cancer and all types of therapy.

Visit Dr. Malcolm Brigden website:
https://www.malcolm-brigden.com

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