Who is a surgical oncologist?

A surgeon who has special training in performing biopsies and other surgical procedures in cancer patients.

What does a surgical oncologist do?

A surgical oncologist plays a vital role in providing multidisciplinary cancer care. They are trained to manage both simple and complex cases of primary and secondary cancer. Surgical oncologists have immense knowledge of cancer biology, imaging technologies, radiation therapy, and chemical and biological therapy.

What is the difference between medical oncology and surgical oncology?

A medical oncologist will treat your cancer with chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy. A surgical oncologist uses surgery to remove tumors.

Do all cancers need surgery?

Surgery is often the main treatment for cancer. You might have it on its own or together with other treatments. But surgery isn't suitable for all types of cancer, or for all situations. Whether surgery is a treatment option for you depends on many factors like cancer type, size of cancer, location of the cancer, and general health conditions.

Oncologist | Oncology - Surgical Doctors in India

Medindia’s Doctor Directory has information on 37 Surgical Oncologists from India. Surgical oncology is the branch of surgery applied to oncology; it focuses on the surgical management of tumors, especially cancerous tumors.

The information displayed here is to help you locate a Surgical Oncologist nearest to where you live. Contact details like address, phone numbers, emails, contact person, and directions to the hospital or clinic are included. Addressing privacy issues, certain information is made available only if you are a patient of the doctor or seek an appointment with them. If you are not listed as a registered Surgical Oncologist on Medindia's list, please register to get on the list.

Search Result for Speciality : Oncology-Surgical | Alpha : J

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dr. Jojo v joseph

Oncology-surgical caritas cancer institute, kottayam

dr. Jacob john

Oncology-surgical muthoot cancer centre, kozhencherry

Surgical oncology is the field of cancer care that focuses on surgery to diagnose, stage, and treat cancer and to manage some cancer-related symptoms.