@francine6829 That's great that you interviewed them. I had a very good male doctor assigned to me, but he did not do well in communication. At the medical center I go to, one can switch physicians with no problem or backlash. I looked at all of their CVs on the web site and chose a female doctor and she is quite good at communicating, in fact, about 2 hours after my MRI brain, she notified me via e-mail that it showed no tumors! Also, we had a phone appt and I told her regarding headaches on and aches from anastrozole and she advised she liked to start with this and then we can always make changes. I hope all goes well with your new oncologist - be proactive and you'll do just fine.

@gwinter
We all are entitled to multiple second opinions, and oncologists are generally quite accommodating in that regard. I chose to go to three oncologists... each from a different oncology group... and grilled them on the appropriateness of my treatment plan and all my questions. It helped to get a better handle on this wacky journey known as breast cancer.