What is Oncology?
The oncology is the field that deals with the study and treatment of tumours or cancers.
What are the Doctors of Oncology called?
An oncologist is the name of the doctor who deals with the treatment of cancers. There are various types of oncologists: A medical oncologist is the one who treats cancer through chemotherapy or medications. A surgical oncologist removes the tumour from the region of the body where it resides and the nearby tissue during an operation. They are also specialized to perform biopsies of the tissues suspected of containing tumours. Lastly, a radiation oncologist treats cancer through radiation therapy.
Moreover, a gynecologic oncologist treats gynecologic cancers including uterine cancer or cervical cancer. A pediatric oncologist treats cancer present in children. A hematologist oncologist diagnoses and treats blood cancers which may include leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
When Is It Time To See An Oncologist?
Although the signs and symptoms may seem familiar to a lot of less-worrying diseases however, anyone who undergoes the following changes must get a full body check-up done to cross-off cancer from their list of illnesses:
- Unexplained weight loss
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Pain
- Skin changes (darker looking skin, yellowish skin and eyes, reddened skin, itching, excessive hair growth)
- Change in bowel habits or bladder function
- Sores that do not heat
- White patches inside the mouth
- White spots on the tongue
- Unusual bleeding or discharge
- Thickening or lump in the breast or other parts of the body
- Indigestion or trouble swelling
- Recent change in a wart or mole or any new skin change
- Nagging cough or hoarseness
What do the Oncologist treat?
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- Adolescents, Cancer in
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- AIDS-Related Cancers
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- AIDS-Related Lymphoma
- Primary CNS Lymphoma
- Anal Cancer
- Appendix Cancer
- Astrocytomas,
- Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone Cancer (includes Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma)
- Brain Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Bronchial Tumors
- Burkitt Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin)
- Carcinoid Tumor (Gastrointestinal)
- Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
- Cardiac (Heart) Tumors
- Central Nervous System
- Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor,
- Embryonal Tumors,
- Germ Cell Tumors,
- Lymphoma, Primary
- Cervical Cancer
- Childhood Cancers
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Chordoma
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Colorectal Cancer
- Craniopharyngioma,
- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Embryonal Tumors, Central Nervous System,
- Endometrial Cancer
- Ependymoma,
- Esophageal
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor
- Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
- Eye Cancer
- Intraocular Melanoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Fallopian Tube Cancer
- Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Malignant, and Osteosarcoma
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Central Nervous System,
- Extracranial
- Extragonadal
- Ovarian
- Testicular
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Gliomas
- Hairy Cell Leukemia
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Heart Tumors
- Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer
- Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Intraocular Melanoma
- Islet Cell Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Kidney
- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer and Papillomatosis
- Leukemia
- Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
- Liver Cancer (Primary)
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Male Breast Cancer
- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone and Osteosarcoma
- Melanoma
- Melanoma, Intraocular (Eye)
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Mesothelioma, Malignant
- Metastatic Cancer
- Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
- Midline Tract Carcinoma Involving NUT Gene
- Mouth Cancer
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
- Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasms
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic (CML)
- Myeloid Leukemia, Acute (AML)
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Oral Cancer, Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer and Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Oral Cavity Cancer
- Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors)
- Paraganglioma
- Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Pharyngeal Cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pituitary Tumor
- Plasma Cell Neoplasm/Multiple Myeloma
- Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
- Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
- Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
- Primary Peritoneal Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Rectal Cancer
- Recurrent Cancer
- Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Salivary Gland Tumors
- Sarcoma
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Vascular Tumors
- Sézary Syndrome
- Skin Cancer
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
- T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous
- Testicular Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
- Unknown Primary, Carcinoma
- Unusual Cancers of Childhood
- Ureter and Renal Pelvis, Transitional Cell Cancer
- Urethral Cancer
- Uterine Cancer, Endometrial and Uterine Sarcoma
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vascular Tumors
- Vulvar Cancer
- Waldenström Macroglobulinemia – see Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Wilms Tumor
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