I understand this might be an odd question, but is it only an oncologist that will deliver your potential cancer diagnosis? Would a Surgeon also be able to give this news?
Something we learned, and something a lot of people don't tend to know, oncologists aren't really the specialists that give out this sort of information. You usually only ever meet them once you have had the diagnosis. There are 3 types of oncologists, medical, clinical and surgical. My wife was given the news by a breast specialist. Then once all the facts were in, she was passed to a medical oncologist for her chemo. That's what a medical oncologist does, specialises in the medicine surrounding the treatment of cancer. He didn't really deal with anything else. Once the chemo ceased, she was then put under the care of the clinical/radiotherapy oncologist whilst she received radiotherapy. Once that was done, she was back under the sole care of the medical oncologist.
We found most of the information outside of the chemo came from the breast surgeon. He was the person that answered most of her random not medicine related questions. You are under the care of a team, not an individual. However, we reside in a large city, so that may differ from area to area.
Something we learned, and something a lot of people don't tend to know, oncologists aren't really the specialists that give out this sort of information. You usually only ever meet them once you have had the diagnosis. There are 3 types of oncologists, medical, clinical and surgical. My wife was given the news by a breast specialist. Then once all the facts were in, she was passed to a medical oncologist for her chemo. That's what a medical oncologist does, specialises in the medicine surrounding the treatment of cancer. He didn't really deal with anything else. Once the chemo ceased, she was then put under the care of the clinical/radiotherapy oncologist whilst she received radiotherapy. Once that was done, she was back under the sole care of the medical oncologist.
We found most of the information outside of the chemo came from the breast surgeon. He was the person that answered most of her random not medicine related questions. You are under the care of a team, not an individual. However, we reside in a large city, so that may differ from area to area.
