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What Is an Oncologist? : Cancer Specialist (Oncology) Definition & Types

Once again, this word comes from the Greek: onkos (tumor or mass) and logy (study of).  

I've seen a lot of doctors recently, but this is one doctor I hope I never have to go to.  

1 hour ago, JamesSavik said:

That looks like an evil penguin.

2 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

These costumes were used by physicians during the bubonic plague.   They thought they thought the Black Death was carried by bad air, so with these masks it would keep the bad air from getting to them, although I'm not sure how they justified that fact, since they'd breathe the same air, although it might take it a little longer to get through those masks.  

57 minutes ago, Bill W said:

These costumes were used by physicians during the bubonic plague.   They thought they thought the Black Death was carried by bad air, so with these masks it would keep the bad air from getting to them, although I'm not sure how they justified that fact, since they'd breathe the same air, although it might take it a little longer to get through those masks.  

Oncologists are about as useless as plague doctors. None of their patients survive to leave a bad review on Yelp.

52 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

Oncologists are about as useless as plague doctors. None of their patients survive to leave a bad review on Yelp.

Years ago I had a cancer scare - it turned out to be a benign tumor. Amongst the reading material in the surgeon's waiting room was a journal article he had written. The theme of the article was that surgery didn't reduce the incidence of cancer and the only way to reduce the incidence of cancer was more research into the causes and then reduce those causes. I thought it was a very honest approach for a surgeon.

Beginning a year ago September, I began the rigors of bladder cancer with the initial cystoscopy, diagnosis, 1st surgery, 2nd surgery, follow-up cystoscopy that showed suspicious tissue, and follow-up surgery showing no cancer. In all of that, I didn't see one oncologist. It was all done by Resident Urologists (now there's a medical specialty for @Myr) and their Attending Physician. I go to the Seattle VA Medical Center, which is a teaching hospital for the University of Washington. The urologists are concerned with one thing only: the eventual surgical removal of the urinary bladder and the three alternatives for draining urine from the kidneys. I won't go into that now. It's too gruesome to contemplate.

Carl, I'm sorry to hear about what you've been going through and I pray it will all turn out all right.