Sundries of Cancer Specialists or Oncologists

 

Oncology specialists are doctors who specialize in treating and treating diseases caused by cancer. This disease has a high mortality rate. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015 alone 8.8 million people died from cancer. Cancer occurs in many developing countries, including Indonesia. So it is natural if this deadly disease gets special attention in the medical world .

Many factors trigger a person suffering from cancer, for example an unhealthy lifestyle, environmental factors, to heredity (genetic) . In Indonesia alone, the number of cancer sufferers continues to increase each year.

Sundries of Cancer Specialists or Oncologists

Oncology Work Fields

Oncology is a special field of medicine handle the treatment and prevention of cancer. Meanwhile, doctors who specialize in the field of oncology are referred to as oncologists. Clinically, the field of oncology can be divided into three main areas, namely:

  • Surgical oncology
    The field of oncology surgery focuses on treating cancer by surgery, such as removal of tissue tumor and biopsy

  • Oncology-hematology
    The field of oncology-hematology focuses on the treatment of blood cancers, such as lifoma , myeloma, and leukemia.
  • Radiation oncology
    The field of radiation oncology focuses on treating cancer by radiation therapy or radiotherapy.

In addition to providing treatment, cancer specialists are also responsible for providing medical treatment recommendations tailored to the needs of patients, evaluating treatment outcomes, and treating the patient's condition after treatment. If cancer patients need special treatment, the oncologist will work with several doctors from other fields to help with the treatment process.

Oncology-Treated Disease

Oncology Doctors specializes in the treatment and treatment of cancer. Various common cancers are treated by oncologists, including:

  • Breast cancer
    Breast cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in many women. Usually women who have breast cancer have typical symptoms, in the form of lumps in the breast, pain in the nipples, nipples pulled in, fluid out of the breast, and skin discoloration in the breast.
  • Lung cancer
    Lung cancer often affects active and passive smokers. Generally lung cancer patients have symptoms of cough that does not heal, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, voice changes to hoarseness, and pain in the chest.
  • Colorectal cancer
    Cancer Colorectal is a type of cancer that grows in the large intestine. Most cancer cases of this type begin with lumps (polyps) in the large intestine that eventually turn into cancer. Symptoms that are often experienced by cancer patients include diarrhea, constipation, blood in the stool, frequent nausea and bloating, to a clear cause of weight loss.
  • Ovarian cancer
    Ovarian cancer is also one type of cancer that affects many women. Women who suffer from ovarian cancer sometimes do not show specific symptoms. However, this condition can be suspected from symptoms such as abdominal swelling, frequent stomach bloating, and pain during intercourse.
  • Leukemia
    Leukemia is one type of cancer that attacks white blood cell production and function. A person with this type of cancer has symptoms of fatigue, sweating a lot at night, often having bleeding or bruising for no apparent reason, joint pain, and swollen lymph nodes.
  • Melanoma
    Melanoma is a very dangerous type of skin cancer, but rarely happens. This cancer symptom is often characterized by the appearance of a new mole or a change in shape from an old mole .

You can consult various types of cancer to cancer specialists regarding the latest treatments and actions in treating cancer or controlling symptoms.

Medical Actions Doctor can do oncology

In general, some malignant tumors or cancer do not have typical symptoms, and even the symptoms that appear are very similar to other health disorders. So it is important for an oncologist to know the patient's medical history in full. To help ensure this, the oncologist will carry out physical examinations and supporting sample examinations, such as CT scans, ultrasound, MRI, PET scans, X-rays, blood tests, endoscopes, and biopsies.

After being positively diagnosed with cancer, the oncologist will provide medical treatment according to the patient's needs. Medical actions that can be performed by oncologists, including:

  • Chemotherapy
    Chemotherapy is done by injecting various drugs into the body to destroy cancer cells and prevent Cancer cell growth returns.

  • Radiotherapy
    Radiotherapy is a treatment method using high frequency radiation to kill cells cancer.
  • Bone marrow transplantation This medical procedure is performed to update bone marrow damaged by cancer cell growth. This procedure is widely used in the treatment of blood cancers such as lymphoma, myeloma, and leukemia.
  • Surgery
    Surgery is one of the medical procedures that are often used to treat various types of cancer. This procedure is done by removing cancerous tissue in certain body parts .

When to visit an oncology doctor?

Usually an oncologist's examination is based on a referral from a general practitioner or other specialist doctor who handles you, if the doctor finds any clinical signs and symptoms that refer to cancer. You are advised to immediately consult an oncologist if there are symptoms that can lead to cancer, such as:

  • Cough that does not heal and mix with blood.
  • Changes in discharge frequency big water and small water.
  • There is blood in the stool (feces).
  • Anemia for no apparent reason.
  • Lumps in the breast, testicles, or other places .
  • Change the shape of the mole.
  • Difficulty swallowing.
  • Weight loss without a clear cause.
  • Pain around the back and pelvis.

The faster the cancer is diagnosed and treated, or if it is found still in the early stages, the treatment success rate will generally be higher.

What Must Be Prepared?

Before meeting an oncologist, prepare the following to make it easier for the cancer specialist to determine the right treatment for your cancer, such as:

    History of complaints and symptoms suffered in detail. If there is a lump in a particular body part, record and specify the size and location of the lump on the body.
  • Bring the results of the previous examination, such as blood tests, X-rays, CT scans, or biopsies if available.
  • If you have been diagnosed with cancer before, inform the severity of the cancer you are suffering from.
  • Bring family members on an oncologist's examination.
  • Ask for available treatment options and the success rate and risk of each treatment.

In addition to some of the above, also pay attention to the oncology specialist you choose. Ask for recommendations from several cancer specialists from the doctor who examined you. Although general practitioners also study the field of oncology, general practitioners are not competent in providing treatment for cancer patients. Especially for cancer, the treatment is the responsibility of a cancer specialist or oncologist.

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