Oncologist
noun
A doctor who treats cancer and provides medical care for a person diagnosed with cancer.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she was referred to an oncologist for further treatment.
Often appears as...
- refer to an oncologist
- oncologist consultations
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noun
A doctor who treats cancer and provides medical care for a person diagnosed with cancer.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she was referred to an oncologist for further treatment.
Often appears as...
- refer to an oncologist
- oncologist consultations
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Professional
An oncologist is a type of doctor with specialized training in cancer treatment, diagnosis, and care.
If you have any symptoms of cancer, you should see an oncologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Illness
Oncologists work with serious illnesses, so the term carries a weighty connotation and is used in serious contexts.
His oncologist is constantly researching the latest therapies to improve his prognosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialist Referral
Typically, patients are referred to an oncologist by their general practitioner if cancer is suspected or confirmed.
Her general doctor was concerned, so she was referred to an oncologist for further tests.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Professional
An oncologist is a type of doctor with specialized training in cancer treatment, diagnosis, and care.
If you have any symptoms of cancer, you should see an oncologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Illness
Oncologists work with serious illnesses, so the term carries a weighty connotation and is used in serious contexts.
His oncologist is constantly researching the latest therapies to improve his prognosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialist Referral
Typically, patients are referred to an oncologist by their general practitioner if cancer is suspected or confirmed.
Her general doctor was concerned, so she was referred to an oncologist for further tests.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Professional
An oncologist is a type of doctor with specialized training in cancer treatment, diagnosis, and care.
If you have any symptoms of cancer, you should see an oncologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Illness
Oncologists work with serious illnesses, so the term carries a weighty connotation and is used in serious contexts.
His oncologist is constantly researching the latest therapies to improve his prognosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialist Referral
Typically, patients are referred to an oncologist by their general practitioner if cancer is suspected or confirmed.
Her general doctor was concerned, so she was referred to an oncologist for further tests.
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
knock out the nerve vessels that help mediate blood pressure, and in a single therapy, basically cure hypertension? This is a new device doing essentially that. It should be on the market in a year or two. How about more targeted therapies for cancer? I'm an oncologist and know that most of what we give is essentially poison.
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You may be accidentally...
with access to the most sophisticated medicines, nearly every single one of my patients died. Everyone knows tobacco is bad, but when you see the impact firsthand, day-by-day, it leaves a very deep impression. Ten years later, I'm a radiation oncologist,
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Abraham Verghese: A...
They understood her breast cancer at the molecular level; they had no need to touch her breasts. But to her, it mattered deeply. It was enough for her to make the decision to get her subsequent care with her private oncologist who, every time she went,
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Leana Wen: What your...
Her oncologist was there too, and said, "This is your mother. Can you really face yourself for the rest of your life if you don't do everything for her?" I knew my mother so well. I understood what her directives meant so well,
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
You want to help. You want to fix. You want to do. You've succeeded in everything you've done, and having a patient die, well, that must feel like failure. I saw it firsthand. Just days before Terence died, his oncologist said,
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A doctor's touch -...
subsequent care with her private oncologist and I pressed her and I asked her why did you come back and get your care here and she was reluctant to tell me she said you know the Cancer Center was wonderful it had a you know
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queen-size bed I think that interesting debate we have killed fishes maybe we modern guides or gates of today we should try and encourage the oncologist we changed some of the names or we share kingfishers and have
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My mother's final wish...
Her primary care physician said he would sign, but only if her oncologist signed off first. Her oncologist was shocked. He was so surprised that she was ready to make such a swift decision.
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A smarter, more precise...
For me, precision medicine comes from a very special place. I trained as a cancer doctor, an oncologist. I got into it because I wanted to help people feel better.
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What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced
Video examples
Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
knock out the nerve vessels that help mediate blood pressure, and in a single therapy, basically cure hypertension? This is a new device doing essentially that. It should be on the market in a year or two. How about more targeted therapies for cancer? I'm an oncologist and know that most of what we give is essentially poison.
Video examples
You may be accidentally...
with access to the most sophisticated medicines, nearly every single one of my patients died. Everyone knows tobacco is bad, but when you see the impact firsthand, day-by-day, it leaves a very deep impression. Ten years later, I'm a radiation oncologist,
Video examples
Abraham Verghese: A...
They understood her breast cancer at the molecular level; they had no need to touch her breasts. But to her, it mattered deeply. It was enough for her to make the decision to get her subsequent care with her private oncologist who, every time she went,
Video examples
Leana Wen: What your...
Her oncologist was there too, and said, "This is your mother. Can you really face yourself for the rest of your life if you don't do everything for her?" I knew my mother so well. I understood what her directives meant so well,
Video examples
Amanda Bennett: We need...
You want to help. You want to fix. You want to do. You've succeeded in everything you've done, and having a patient die, well, that must feel like failure. I saw it firsthand. Just days before Terence died, his oncologist said,
Video examples
A doctor's touch -...
subsequent care with her private oncologist and I pressed her and I asked her why did you come back and get your care here and she was reluctant to tell me she said you know the Cancer Center was wonderful it had a you know
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
queen-size bed I think that interesting debate we have killed fishes maybe we modern guides or gates of today we should try and encourage the oncologist we changed some of the names or we share kingfishers and have
Video examples
My mother's final wish...
Her primary care physician said he would sign, but only if her oncologist signed off first. Her oncologist was shocked. He was so surprised that she was ready to make such a swift decision.
Video examples
A smarter, more precise...
For me, precision medicine comes from a very special place. I trained as a cancer doctor, an oncologist. I got into it because I wanted to help people feel better.
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What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced
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Ernie Johnson Jr.
As it turns out, because of the kind of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma I had, there was no need for treatment right away. So I could continue to keep working and doing my thing until it got to the time where my oncologist and I determined it was time for treatment.
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Amy Wax
American Lawyer
I mean, I'm married to an academic oncologist, a cancer doctor, okay? He and his colleagues are some of the most conscientious, devoted, hard-working, conventional bourgeois people in the known universe. They are the people that keep this society going.
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Amy Robach
American Journalist
When I first sat down with my oncologist the day before Thanksgiving, and she told me I would need 8 rounds of chemo, one of my first questions admittedly was: 'Will I lose my hair?' It sounds shallow, I know, but it was a very scary image to me.
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Ezekiel Emanuel
American Scientist
Having been an oncologist and having cared for scores, if not hundreds, of dying patients, when you don't have a treatment that can shrink the tumor and the patient will die, it's a very difficult conversation. It's emotionally draining.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
What does it mean to be an oncologist? It means that you get to sit in at a moment of another person's life that is so hyper-acute, and not just because they're medically ill. It's also a moment of hope and expectation and concern.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even said hello.
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Marcia Wallace
American Actress
I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.
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Ernie Johnson Jr.
As it turns out, because of the kind of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma I had, there was no need for treatment right away. So I could continue to keep working and doing my thing until it got to the time where my oncologist and I determined it was time for treatment.
Quote examples
Amy Wax
American Lawyer
I mean, I'm married to an academic oncologist, a cancer doctor, okay? He and his colleagues are some of the most conscientious, devoted, hard-working, conventional bourgeois people in the known universe. They are the people that keep this society going.
Quote examples
Amy Robach
American Journalist
When I first sat down with my oncologist the day before Thanksgiving, and she told me I would need 8 rounds of chemo, one of my first questions admittedly was: 'Will I lose my hair?' It sounds shallow, I know, but it was a very scary image to me.
Quote examples
Ezekiel Emanuel
American Scientist
Having been an oncologist and having cared for scores, if not hundreds, of dying patients, when you don't have a treatment that can shrink the tumor and the patient will die, it's a very difficult conversation. It's emotionally draining.
Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
What does it mean to be an oncologist? It means that you get to sit in at a moment of another person's life that is so hyper-acute, and not just because they're medically ill. It's also a moment of hope and expectation and concern.
Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even said hello.
Quote examples
Marcia Wallace
American Actress
I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.
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