Team-Based Oncology Care

Because cancer is such a complex disease, the patient encounters myriad medical professionals and ancillary support service over the many months or years they are receiving treatment and survivorship/end-of-life care. Each person has designated roles and responsibilities, from the pathologist and radiologist determining the extent of the disease, to the oncology specialists determining the optimal treatment and care, to the woman who works at the wig salon and fits the cancer patient with a wig in preparation for hair loss caused by cancer treatments.