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From Pilgrims crossing the Atlantic for a new start to vacationers crawling along Routes 6 or 28 for a few days of summertime surf and sun, the peninsula for centuries has attracted those looking for something better for themselves and their families.The same motivation drew Victor Aviles, MD, and his wife, Ann M. DeWeer-Aviles, to the Cape in 2001. Having found what they sought in a community, they have enriched Cape Cod\u2019s legacy, offering hope to cancer patients, parents and children, young people facing a devastating genetic disease, and even aspiring baseball players.\u201cThis is an ideal place for bringing up children and for practicing in a way that enables you to truly come to know your patients and have strong relationships with them over time,\u201d says Dr. Aviles, a board-certified medical oncologist who with his wife founded Hematology Oncology Specialists of Cape Cod in North Falmouth in 2006. (Dr. Ann M. DeWeer-Aviles is a board-certified pediatrician who practices with Cape Cod Pediatrics in Forestdale.) He adds, however, that the impetus for their move actually had more to do with their extended family than their own children.Dr. Aviles explains that in 2001, he, his wife, and their son and two daughters were living in Philadelphia, where he was on faculty at the Hospital of the University of and his wife was working at a pediatrics practice in the suburbs after having completed her training at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia. One day his wife\u2019s sister called with the sort of news that the two physicians were more accustomed to delivering than receiving: Their niece had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare neuromuscular disorder that at the time was the most common genetic cause of infant death. \u201cMy sister-in-law lived near the Cape, and we decided pretty quickly that we needed to be near her,\u201d Dr. Aviles says.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Victor Aviles, board certified internal medicine and medical oncology, practicing with RCCA in North Falmouth, MA\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe cancer specialist took a position as a staff oncologist at a community hospital while his wife joined a nearby pediatric practice. In addition to caring for patients and their children, they provided support and encouragement to his sister-in-law as she cared for her daughter until the child\u2019s death at 15 months of age. \u201cSince that time, my sister-in-law has done incredible work on behalf of people with SMA, raising more than $1 million to fund research into the disease and its treatment,\u201d Dr. Aviles said, noting with pride that her fund-raising helped pave the way for the first therapy for SMA to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStarting a cancer care practice at age 41\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt didn\u2019t take long after their move for Dr. Aviles and his wife to realize that Cape Cod was where they wanted to spend the rest of their years and careers. That decision set the stage for another momentous one: the cancer specialist decided that he wanted to start his own practice in order to provide highly personalized oncology and hematology care. Although he was 41 at the time, an age when many people are more interested in career stability than taking on risk, Dr. Aviles and his wife committed to launching Hematology Oncology Specialists of Cape Cod. \u201cWe put everything we had into our current office,\u201d the physician says, noting that he saw patients in a surgical practice while the office at 26 Edgerton Drive underwent construction over many months.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Victor Aviles (front left), Dr. Hannah Yamin (front center), Dr. Jaffar Hilli (front right) are pictured with the North Falmouth medical team.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince the office\u2019s opening in February 2008, the practice has grown steadily. Along with Dr. Aviles, his colleagues Hannah Yamin, DO, and Jaffar Hilli, MD, see thousands of Cape Cod residents each year, treating everything from solid tumors such as breast cancer and prostate cancer to malignancies of the blood and blood-forming tissues, such as leukemia and lymphoma, and benign hematologic conditions, including iron deficiency anemia and blood clotting disorders.\u201cWe have a wonderful physician assistant and great team of nurses, medical assistants, and office staff \u2013 about 20 in all \u2013 and I\u2019m very proud and grateful to say that many of them have been with us from the start,\u201d the cancer specialist says.Dr. Aviles serves as Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Falmouth Hospital and is a consultant in medicine with Massachusetts General Hospital. \u201cBetween the capabilities we have in our practice and at Falmouth Hospital, we are able to provide the great majority of our patients with all of their care right here in the community. However, we have developed close working relationships with the academic medical centers in Boston so that our patients have ready access to any services they may need from those institutions,\u201d he says.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOffering the latest cancer therapies and the oldest balm \u2013 hopeThe oncologist says that, in his view, one of the greatest benefits of community-based cancer care is that patients can receive cutting-edge treatments close to home and in a setting where they are well-known by everyone from the receptionist and lab technician to the practice\u2019s physicians.Dr. Aviles adds, \u201cListening to the news gives people a sense of how fast and how far cancer research is moving, with new findings or drug approvals making headlines every few days. What people may not be aware of, however, is how quickly after approval those therapies are available in the community setting and how far we\u2019ve come in terms of offering access not only to the latest diagnostics and treatments but also to clinical trials right here, close to home, rather than in a big city medical center.\u201dLooking back on a career that has spanned more than 30 years, Dr. Aviles says, \u201cI marvel at how far we\u2019ve come, and how much we can do for people today. Even when cancer has progressed beyond the point of being able to achieve outright cure, we quite often can control the disease and not only extend life for many, many years but also help people have a good quality of life. Today, I am routinely prescribing treatments, such as newer immunotherapies and targeted therapies, that weren\u2019t even on the horizon 10 years ago.\u201dThe cancer specialist says that as medical capabilities have increased, so has the ability to offer patients one of the most powerful resources they can draw upon \u2013 hope. \u201cOur patients deserve \u2013 and always receive \u2013 the most accurate, realistic assessment of their situation and prognosis that we can provide. Fortunately, that assessment often is a very positive one. Of course, the progress we have made is uneven, and we\u2019re not nearly as far along as we need to be with some cancers, but there is so much we can do to make life better for patients.\u201dCape Cod: Where hope is a diamondDr. Aviles traces his passion for medicine and his emphasis on hope to his early childhood. He explains, \u201cMy mother was a pharmacist at St. Vincent\u2019s Hospital in lower Manhattan and was working there when she went into labor with me! Growing up, after school I would spend time at the hospital, and I got to know many of the doctors and nurses and was fascinated by their work.\u201dAs he was starting third grade, Dr. Aviles and his family relocated from the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn to the western edge of Staten Island, which in those days was considered \u201cmoving to the country,\u201d he explains. He started playing baseball with the Mid-Island Little League, an organization that years before had fielded a squad that won the Little League World Series. He also developed a lifelong loyalty to the New York Mets. And that, he says, is an allegiance that assured an annual course in the virtues of hope.After setting a just-broken record for most losses in one season in their 1962 debut, the Mets won the World Series in glorious fashion in 1969 before beginning a 17-year dry spell that coincided with most of Dr. Aviles\u2019 childhood and adolescent years.Perhaps actuated by an appreciation of the hope that springs eternal in young players\u2019 hearts, Dr. Aviles and his wife for many years opened their home to aspiring aces and sultans of swat who came to North Falmouth and neighboring communities to showcase their talents in the Cape Cod Baseball League \u2013 a venerable summertime institution that has helped propel roughly 1,000 players into the Majors. The Aviles\u2019s guests included Brennan Boesch, a left-handed outfielder who played for the Bourne Braves and Brewster Whitecaps in 2005. Five years later, he made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers and subsequently played for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Cincinnati Reds.\u201cHosting the players was a wonderful experience for our family,\u201d Dr. Aviles says. He notes that his son \u2013 now grown and having followed his mother into pediatrics — vividly recalls throwing out the first pitch during a 2003 Bourne Braces game, when he was just 9 years old.Joining a new cancer care team at rccaIn mid-2024, Dr. Aviles \u2013 while maintaining his loyalty to the Mets \u2013 decided to join another team. He and his colleagues at Hematology Oncology Specialists of Cape Cod signed on with Regional Cancer Care Associates (RCCA), one of the nation\u2019s largest networks of oncology specialists. He explains that affiliating with RCCA, which in turn is affiliated with US Oncology, offered his practice clinical and administrative tools that would further enhance the comprehensive care it long has provided.\u201cThis is sort of version 2.0 for the practice,\u201d he says, explaining, \u201cJoining RCCA positions us to continue providing highly personalized community-based care while enabling us and our patients to benefit from the many resources that a larger organization offers. Now, we\u2019re able to look back on 16 great years and look ahead to many more in which we\u2019ll have the support of a very strong network.\u201dIn looking back, Dr. Aviles cites not only the model that his mother provided and the partnership and support of his wife but also the example of Kevin R. Fox, a recently retired oncologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine who inspired him to practice oncology. \u201cHe\u2019s a wonderful person and great family man who had tremendous rapport with his patients,\u201d Dr. Aviles said of his mentor.In looking ahead, Dr. Aviles points to the joy of seeing his three children grown and doing well, the continued progress being made in cancer care, and the expanded capabilities arising from his practice\u2019s affiliation with RCCA.And one other thing: Speaking four days after the Dodgers beat the Mets 10-4 in Game 6 of their series to win the National League pennant, Dr. Aviles noted that catchers and pitchers will be reporting to training camp in just four months.\u00a0*****After receiving his bachelor\u2019s degree from Brown University, Dr. Aviles earned his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed his internship, internal medicine residency, and hematology and oncology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.Find compassionate, comprehensive cancer care at RCCADr. Aviles is one of 100+ medical oncologists and hematologists who practice with RCCA at 26 locations across New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the Washington, D.C., area. RCCA\u2019s cancer specialists see more than 30,000 new patients each year and provide care to more than 265,000 established patients, collaborating closely with those patients\u2019 other physicians. RCCA physicians offer patients innovative therapies, including immunotherapies and targeted therapy, as well as access to approximately 300\u00a0clinical trials. In addition to serving patients who have solid tumors, blood-based cancers, and benign blood disorders, RCCA care centers also provide\u00a0infusion therapy services to people with a number of non-oncologic conditions\u2014including\u00a0multiple sclerosis,\u00a0Crohn\u2019s disease,\u00a0asthma, iron-deficiency anemia, and\u00a0rheumatoid arthritis\u2014who take intravenously-administered medications.To learn more about RCCA, call 1-844-346-7222 or visit RCCA.com.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twe are here for you\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor more information or to schedule an appointment, call 844-346-7222. You can also schedule an appointment by calling the\u00a0RCCA location\u00a0nearest you.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trequest an appointment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRELATED ARTICLES\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetting Your First Mammogram on Schedule Really Matters: 2 RCCA Oncologists Explain Why\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are many reasons women don\u2019t obtain their first mammogram at the recommended age: work commitments and other demands on their time, uncertainty regarding when\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRising Colorectal Cancer Rates in Younger Adults: RCCA Oncologists Share 3 Ways to Cut Your Risk\u2028\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe February 11 announcement that actor James Van Der Beek had died at age 48 highlighted a troubling trend \u2013 the increasing rates of colon\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReducing Cervical Cancer Risk: Insights from 2 RCCA Oncologists\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWomen can take several steps to reduce their risk for developing cervical cancer, according to Ami P. 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