Dr. Anthony Lee Back MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
Ambulatory Clinic 825 Eastlake Avenue Seattle WA, 98109About
Dr. Anthony Back is an oncologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Back specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Back manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fatal outcome due to cyclosporine neurotoxicity with associated pathological findings.
- Desire for physician-assisted suicide: requests for a better death?
- When does primary care turn into palliative care?
- The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously ill.
- Burnout and self-reported patient care in an internal medicine residency program.
- Qualitative methods in end-of-life research: recommendations to enhance the protection of human subjects.
- Identification of the promoter of the myelomonocytic leukocyte integrin CD11b.
- Impact of palliative care case management on resource use by patients dying of cancer at a Veterans Affairs medical center.
- How should physicians communicate the transition to palliative care?
- The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program.
- An approach to understanding the interaction of hope and desire for explicit prognostic information among individuals with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or advanced cancer.
- Compassionate silence in the patient-clinician encounter: a contemplative approach.
- Discussing treatment preferences with patients who want "everything".
- Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer.
- Teaching communication skills using role-play: an experience-based guide for educators.
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