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Understanding Cancer		Cancer is Curable

Laparoscopic Technology

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy

Da Vinci Prostatectomy

Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy

Laparoscopic Cystectomy

James R. O’Connell, M.D., F.A.C.S.

2100 Keystone Ave.

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

Phone: (610) 259-3000

James R. O’Connell, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been the chief of Urology at Delaware County Memorial Hospital since 1987. He was the first medical director of the Delaware County Regional Cancer Center at DCMH, a Fox Chase Cancer Center Network hospital. Dr. O’Connell continues his involvement with the cancer program at DCMH and Delaware County Regional Cancer Center, as chairman of the Cancer Committee and liaison fellow, Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

Dr. O’Connell completed his residency in Urology at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston, Texas.

Dr. O’Connell successfully introduced the use of minimally invasive laparoscopy for kidney and adrenal tumors at DCMH in January of 2001 and laparoscopic prostatectomy in January of 2003. In collaboration with David Samadi, M.D., director of Robotic Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, he introduced da Vinci robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy at Springfield Hospital in December of 2005. He also participates as a clinical investigator in National Cancer Institute sponsored clinical research trials.

Dr. O’Connell is board-certified in Urology by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Urologic Oncology, and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.

Cancer is curable

When people are diagnosed with cancer, they think of it as the most deadly disease, having little hope for cure.

I have good news: many man and women are cured of their cancer nowadays! Cancers, which were almost impossible to cure 30 years ago, are now successfully treated on a regular basis thanks to modern cancer treatment and achievements in medical technology.