How to evaluate a cancer doctor?

Ask all the questions you want/need. If the doc gets bothered, he’s probably not the best. Also, GET A SECOND OPINION! I can’t stress this enough, even a third or fourth if you feel the need. I had an oncologist chew. E out because I got a second opinion. Turns out, doc1 had trained doc2 years ago, he was upset with doc #2 for going to work at another cancer center. Needless to say I didn’t go back to doc1. All of the oncologists I’ve seen since, (which has been quite a few, with 2 rare cancers) have encouraged me to get second opinions.

Hi @kimber361, The path you laid out above does not at all work. While I can get to the page for the Medical Board of the state Im in you have to pick out of a ton of categories to enter the doctors name. So typing "medical board" then name is a non-existent path. And there are so many options for so many different things I literally could not find a way to get the info I wanted on a particular doctor. I don't know if you will get this let alone be able to help but nothing to lose by trying. Thank you in advance for any reply!

Good morning @stimme Just wondering how you’ve been doing . Have you been able to change your diet at all? And, I’ve never heard about the relationship btw eggs and prostate cancer—can you tell me about it?

Did you receive my last reply today? I cannot see it!

… if so. Yes I am enjoying a healthier diet already - lovely mixed raw salads in corn wraps. Nut milks. Sourdough bread and developing!

If not, There are a number of articles online about eggs and prostate and too much choline! Better safe than sorry!

Meanwhile, and this is for everyone reading this, please check out 'The Healing Code' online. I have been reading the book and now understand about stress and disease. It is so logical - when in stress we enter the fight or flight 'mode'. Physically, this means all the blood which would normally be nourishing and protecting the organs and the immune system rushes instead to the muscles! This is so obvious when explained. I previously thought the stress cause of diseases (90% they say) was a kindly emotional offering! Not any more. If we remain too long in a stressful state - and this is not uncommon - we become vulnerable. It is said that under normal circumstances our immune system is (almost?) invulnerable!

If you remember, the original question here was, how do you evaluate a cancer doctor. As a nurse, I worked with a group of oncologists—all excellent but some personalities got in the way. Most important is education. Do they take the time to attend conferences? Are they board certified? Do they attend tumor board at the hospital? Wonder about the answers- just ask the receptionist in the office. As for personality, oncologists have to deal with such difficult issues everyday, so can be crabby. One doctor was difficult for the nurses, but the patients loved him. After a few run-ins, he and I got along well. I now see one of his colleagues for my treatment for my autoimmune disease. What are YOU looking for in an oncologist?

@becsbuddy Ultimately, I selected my surgeon, Dr. Truty due to prayer. He also convinced me he was the right oncologist by reading about him online. He is an innovative doctor that pushed the envelope because he wasn’t willing to accept the standard level of care approach. He not only relies on his skills as a surgeon, but also his faith. Thanks to my husband, my caregiver, we were not accepting a standard level of care. I would have been in hospice within a year and died. Dr. Truty’s method and success with his approach also gave me confidence in him. I had little confidence in medical professionals due to my experience over the years, as well as my analytical background. We can be skeptics. Dr. Truty showed that he cared deeply about his patients. My assessment was that he had a defining moment in his life when experiencing a dear loved one die of pancreatic cancer. My conjecture and belief is that this is what caused his commitment to change the world of medicine by considering other therapy approaches to find a solution. He cares and wants to help other people have a better outcome than he saw with his loved one. He was committed to making a difference. That was clear.

@becsbuddy I meant to reply to your post and I instead added a separate thread below. Sorry about that

He is all that you say. Experienced it myself.