Medical Professionals You Are Likely To Run Into In A Doctor's Office, Hospital Or Other Medical Facility
Professionals You May Meet If You Undergo Radiation Treatment
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Radiation Oncologist: A doctor who specializes in treating cancer with radiation. The doctor will help you make decisions about radiation therapy, determine what kind and how much radiation you should receive, and evaluate you during treatment and afterward.
Radiation Therapy Technologist: A person who assists the radiation oncologist during treatment.
Medical or Radiation Physicist: An expert trained in ensuring the right dose of radiation treatment is delivered. The physicist in turn is helped by a technician known as a dosimetry, who helps plan and calculate the dosage, number and length of your radiation treatment.
Radiation therapy technologist (also known as a Radiology Technologist): A technician who works with the equipment that delivers radiation therapy. This person will position you before radiation and then administer the radiation therapy.
Radiologist: A doctor who interprets the results of imaging procedures and issues your doctor a report with his or her findings. The radiologist is assisted by a Radiation therapy technologist who positions you for x-rays and mammograms and develops and checks images for quality.
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