| Oncology is certainly the most quickly growing | | | | Other women are referred to cancer specialists by |
| sub-specialty in the field of medicine, and breast | | | | their principal care physician (family practitioner, |
| cancer is one of the most crucial problems of | | | | gynecologist). |
| oncology. It is the principal cause of death of women | | | | Medical professionals engaged in breast cancer |
| in lots of countries and is really a multidisciplinary | | | | diagnosis and treatment might include: Gynecologist or |
| problem with no geographic constraints. | | | | OB/GYN, Radiologist, Oncologist (general, medical, |
| It is the most usual cancer of women in the US, | | | | radiation, surgical), Nurse/oncology nurse specialist, |
| affecting approximately one in eight as long as their | | | | Oncology social worker, Surgeon, Radiation therapy |
| life span. It affects men, but it is rare, accounting for | | | | oncologist, Radiation therapy technologist, Radiation |
| less than 1 percent of all cases. In 2007, roughly | | | | therapy physicist, Pathologist, and Reconstructive |
| 200,000 women and 1,600 men in the US had the | | | | plastic surgeon. |
| disease. As a person ages, the possibility of getting | | | | An oncologist is a medical doctor who trains in the |
| breast cancer rises. | | | | diagnosis and also treatment of cancer. If a |
| To treat breast cancer well, many medical | | | | radiologist identifies breast cancer, a woman might be |
| professionals with various specialties are required. | | | | referred to an oncologist for treatment. Medical |
| Every diagnosis is distinctive and treated in a | | | | oncologists concentrate in the use of chemotherapy |
| different way. A number of women might visit a | | | | and other drugs to care for cancer. Radiation |
| cancer center where a group of physicians who | | | | oncologists focus in the usage of x-rays and other |
| focus in breast disease (radiologist, oncologist, | | | | radiation techniques to eradicate tumors. |
| surgeon, etc.) collaborate to settle on treatment. | | | | |