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What's the difference between normal and radiation oncology?
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An oncologist: Studies, and treats tumors and cancers. A radiation oncologist focuses on the use of radiotherapy, medical: chemotherapy, surgical: surgery, gyncologic: women's cancer, pediatric: children etc. Get it?
Answered 7/2/2020
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Training, treatment: Medical or "normal" oncologists use chemotherapy to treat cancer. Radiation oncologists are specially trained to understand and use different types of radiation to treat cancer as well as some non malignant diseases. The training pathways are very different although different types oncologists work hand in hand.
Answered 4/14/2016
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