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@beebe Good news that you decided you are going to work with your local oncologist and have a plan in place. Here is my take on Mayo Clinic. I saw a gyn-oncologist. She does surgery and I knew I would likely need a hysterectomy which is why I was scheduled with her. Medical oncology is a different specialty and I think these are the physicians who order and manage chemotherapy. So, if pathology after a hysterectomy performed by a gyn-oncologist at Mayo results in the need for chemotherapy then you would be referred to oncology. If you need radiation therapy then you would be referred to a the physician who specializes in radiation oncology.

These are my impressions after getting my cancer care at Mayo Clinic.

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Helen, thanks for explaining the different doctors roles in this process. I wish the Mayo clinic would give a second opinion over the phone or on-line, it would certainly make mylife easier:)