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Gail Summerstein

Assistant Vice President, Northwell Health Cancer Institute; board-certified oncology nurse (RN, OCN) and expert in radiation oncology patient education and nursing care.

Aug 21, 2026

JibinHOST
27:08
So how often do we see those patients back in the clinic?
27:12
It really depends on the diagnosis of that particular patient.
27:18
We see all of our patients in a post-treatment evaluation about three to four weeks after their last fraction.
27:26
Really, for us, that's kind of a very pivotal point because at that point, we would expect the patients to start being on the road to recovery.
27:35
And a lot of the side effects and symptoms that they were experienced during treatment would have hopefully resolved by that point.
27:43
Of course, we also provide a phone call to patients about a week or so after their treatment so that we can just connect with them.
27:53
They've kind of been used to seeing us on a weekly basis and we don't really want that three to four week period to go without at least one or two contacts with them, even if it is by phone.
JibinHOST
29:20
And how has that been in terms of nursing and integration? How active are you nursing in that type of treatment?

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