define oncologist
2006-10-20 08:39:07 · 19 answers · asked by M.A. 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Oncology is the medical subspecialty dealing with the study and treatment of cancer. A physician who practices oncology is an oncologist.
2006-10-20 08:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oncologist is a cancer doctor, but they are also hematologist. They deal with the blood. When one has cancer after all the scans are done most treatment results are from blood tests one takes. So an oncologist has to know blood and what a blood test readings tells also blood test tells how the treatment he is giving someone is working or not working.
2006-10-22 20:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by wild4gypsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think an oncologist is a hero- someone who devotes their lives to curing and improving the quality of life for cancer patients. I think oncologists need some more recognition- they save so many lives. I think it is a profession that the medical industry is in dire need of. Although I do agree that it solely depends on the experience: I guess some oncologists can be very bitter. My aunt's grandmother had a terrible experience with one (told her something that was totally out of line in respect to her recovery. She even went as far as switchin her oncologist).
2016-05-22 05:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different types of Oncologists. They do not diagnosis cancer. For example a Radiologist Oncologists oversees the treatment of radiation treatments. An oncologist actually is no more than a doctor who oversees treatment done by the other departments involved in the medicine to treat cancer whether it be chemotherapy, radiation or medicine...or all of the above.
2006-10-20 11:05:54 · answer #4 · answered by jodie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An oncologist is a cancer specialist.
2006-10-20 08:41:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An oncologist is a cancer specialist.
2006-10-20 08:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by theophilus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A oncologist is one that specializes is cancer.
2006-10-20 13:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by ~*á?¦Kileaá?¦*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A physician who practices oncology is an oncologist.
2006-10-20 08:42:24 · answer #8 · answered by SAM M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A doctor who specializes in treating cancers.
2006-10-20 08:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by Bazinga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Doctor who is a specialist in Cancer and related fields.
2006-10-20 08:47:36 · answer #10 · answered by Paul C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋