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ONCOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in oncology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oncologist" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Derivation:

oncology (the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors)

Credits

 Context examples: 

An FDA-designated accrediting body that includes radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists.

(American College of Radiology, NCI Thesaurus)

ACCC Institution/Group Practice members include more than 650 medical centers, hospitals, oncology practices, cancer programs, state oncology societies, physician groups, medical and radiation oncologists, and others associated with cancer care across the US.

(Association of Community Cancer Centers, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer treatment, a multidisciplinary opinion may include that of a medical oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with drugs), a surgical oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with surgery), and a radiation oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with radiation).

(Multidisciplinary opinion, NCI Dictionary)

For example, a radiation oncologist specializes in treating cancer with radiation.

(Medical oncologist, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical oncologist often is the main health care provider for someone who has cancer.

(Medical oncologist, NCI Dictionary)