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Oncology & Hematology
Dean Health System's Oncology and Hematology specialists (oncologists and hematologists) provide treatment for adult patients with cancers and blood diseases.
Oncologists
are doctors with specialized training in the treatment of all
types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. Oncologists
determine and administer treatments including chemotherapy for
malignancy. The three most common cancers are breast cancer,
gastrointestinal (colon, pancreas, stomach, esophagus) cancer,
and lung cancer.
Hematologists are specialists trained in diseases of the blood. These specialists focus on the treatment all blood disorders, including anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, and cancers of the blood and bone marrow including acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system) and hematologic malignancies such as myeloma.
Dean's oncologists and hematologists play an important role in helping educate each patient about their disease. This includes helping patients understand their pathology results, the implications of their disease, their prognosis, and their options for treatment.
Our oncologists and hematologists also consult with surgeons, radiotherapists, other physicians and psycho-oncology specialists as appropriate to coordinate treatment of the patient's cancer.
Oncology & Hematology Special Interests and Procedures
- Treatment of adults for cancers, benign and malignant tumors, and blood disorders
- Blood product infusions and transfusions
- Bone marrow biopsies
- Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments
- Post-cancer follow-up
- Pain management, if needed, for cancer patients
See our recommended
resources for more information about oncology, hematology, cancers
and blood disorders.
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