 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | There's no logic to this - my PCP for cancer followups, currently, is a head and neck surgeon and I didn't have any surgery. However an MO, as Cathy stated, does more than just manage chemo. Mine ordered all of my tests, scans and managed all of my meds. He was my PCP until my blood chemistry numbers settled down (about a year).
"Oncology" by the way, simply means "The branch of medicine dealing with tumors".
MO's are quite knowledgeable about body chemistry in general and that is why they make for great PCP's for cancer patients (the entire treatment process is quite an assault on your body chemistry and immune system). They are usually on top of infection control, pain management techniques as well as nausea control.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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