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When do you get assigned an oncologist?
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Well, the short answer is it takes a multi-disciplinary team to manage your PCa care. So, consider a proactive approach to add them to your team - oncologist, radiologist, cardiologist...
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That's very true. I once sat down and tried to list all of the types of specialists I've since since I went into hospital with back pain (turned out to be a prostate-cancer lesion), and it's crazy:
- neurologist
- urologist
- orthopedic surgeon
- pain-management specialist (post-surgery)
- radiation oncologist
- medical oncologist
- lung specialist (pneumonia)
- hematologist (for DVT)
- dietician
- psychologist
- urologist
- bariatric doctor
- occupational therapist
- physiotherapist
I'm sure I've missed a few. As @kujhawk1978 mentioned, it takes a team, so a multidisciplinary centre is always best if there's one accessible to you.
(I should note that I didn't have to deal with getting authorisation from private insurers here in Canada, and it might be a bit different in the U.S.)