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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 1 1OT 15 sometimes it is frightening go- horror stories, he says. People By Barbara Pyles Dr. Bowers Charles ing for checkups. It helps so should not base a decision on Although much a has that Dr. Bowers comes to what they have personally expecurrently private practice rienced in the pak or what people at the Dixie Professional Plaza us, she said. Dr. is Bowers have told them. I dont want office he holds As an internist, in St George, hours the first Wednesday of committed to treating the diseach month at the Kanab Clinic. eases of adulthood, such as high Dr. Bowers is an internal medi- blood pressure, kidney disease, cine physician with diabetes, lung and heart disease. in oncology and hematolAs. a medical oncologist, he deals new Dr. Bowers with the prevention, idenpaogy. says tients should be referred to him. tification and treatment of canby one of the local doctors. , . cer. His patients are referred to The Kanab Support. Cancer him by their surgeon or primary Group is one of the reasons Dr. care physician. Dr. Bowers deBowers travels to Kanab. Sev- termines the most appropriate eral of the ladies are my pa- cancer, treatment program for tients. They are so enthusias- the patients case. Each case is tic... It's .nice to practice in a -- different. .His patients are community where people are so . treated as individuals, not as a active and supportive of each statistic. other." Hematology is a separate area Dr. Bowers, a soft spoken man . of medicine. Dr. Bowers treats with an courtesy, patients with conditions such as has earned high patient satis- -' anemia and leukemia, and other, faction, and respect. Ive been, blood disorders, which may op an ongoing patient of Dr. Bow- may not be cancer related. , ers since, 1995," says Varva According to Dr. Bowers, no Steele. I am impressed with his other disease touches as many efficiency, competence, interest lives as cancer. If a person lives and compassion, which in my long enough, the chances of getting cancer are high, he says. opinion cannot be exceeded." Another patient, Sue Jensen, Even if a person escapes the says that there is no doubt in her disease, almost everyone knows mind that Dr. Bowers saved her a friend, or relative who has life. We feel very fortunate to cancer. When a person is diagnosed have Dr. Bowers. There is a special bond between him and his with cancer, although well inpatients." Jensen added that tended, everyone chimes in with sub-spedal-ti- es . old-fashion- ed . Pain may be eliminated for millions . educational process." Dr. Bowers added that a person should be told what options are available and about the advantages and disadvantages before making a choice. His patients do not have to worry about getting a' straight answer from the doc-- , tor. Ill give them all the infor- mationVhe says.( With dozens of medical break-- . throughs on the horizon, people should not be afraid to talk to their doctors. ' There are new treatments, and we are getting better at controlling side effects to treatments," he says. To Dr. Bowers, nothing has been more rewarding than seeing his patients emerge from a deadly disease that had once taken over their lives to a situation they can control. There is a lot of interest in treatment as. long asrthe quality oflife is'pre- served and I think that is a very valuable point. When I treat somebody, it is always with the v - - Dc.Ch&teZot$comes to Kanafyhnthe first Wednesday of ey&y month. fcBo6nspediaizes in ktiefnpH$idne. oncoby art h&motbhgy. Photo by Barbara Pyles. idea that it will improve their life and not make it worse. , Dr. Bowers attended the Uni- versity of South Carolina, then he traveled to eastern Europe, where he pursued additional medical training. Dr. Bowers received his medical degree in 1985 and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Deaconess Hos- pital in St. Louis. After ppmplet?. medical fellow- ing a three-yea- r in Bone Marrow Transplan- ship ' versity Medical School, he remained at the medical school as an assistant professor. While on the faculty, Dr. Bowers engaged in important research activities. treating patients on protocol. He has authored publications in the area of transplantation. Dr. Bowers finds his field of medicine most rewarding. He is bone-marro- ; w Board Certified in - Internal Medicine and Oncology. The . doctor moved to St. George about tation, Hematology and two years ago with his wife, Dr. Oncology at the St. Louis Uni- - Teresa Bowers. 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