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Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: <\/b>Imaging such as MRI,\u00a0PET CT<\/a>, CT Scan creates\u00a0pictures of soft tissue parts of the body that are sometimes hard to see using\u00a0other imaging tests.\u00a0MRI\u00a0is very good at finding and pinpointing some\u00a0cancers. An\u00a0MRI\u00a0with contrast dye is the best way to\u00a0see\u00a0the brain and spinal cord\u00a0tumors. Using\u00a0MRI, doctors\u00a0can\u00a0sometimes even tell\u00a0if\u00a0a\u00a0tumor\u00a0is or isn\u2019t\u00a0cancer.<\/p>\n A PET CT Scan can often help with diagnosing and staging as early spread or metastasis as cancer cells containing glucose and light up and show up in a scan. This often helps with diagnosis even in cases where a tumor is not seen in an MRI or a CT scan.<\/p>\n Targetted therapies such as MIBG,\u00a0PRRT<\/a>, Alpha Therapy, Radio Iodine Therapy for Thyroid cancer come under the scope of a Nuclear Medicine Specialist.<\/p>\n Pathology<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Hematopathology<\/strong>:\u00a0 A pathologist plays a critical role in cancer diagnosis and can confirm if the tumor is cancerous or noncancerous and if cancerous, he can confirm the type of cancer. Chemotherapy, drugs and other treatment protocols are often decided post staging and knowing the tumor type.<\/p>\n A Hematopathologist takes a look at the peripheral smear and the bone marrow and helps in diagnosing\u00a0blood cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Precision medicine<\/a>\u00a0means administering chemotherapy and other treatment protocols based on tumor type and knowing which drug will be able to target the mutation better.<\/p>\n Medical Oncologist<\/strong>: A medical oncologist prescribes chemotherapy, targetted therapy, immunotherapy, and other treatment protocols. He is the one to treat metastatic cancer with radiation oncologists or his own team.<\/p>\n Surgical Oncologist<\/strong>: A surgical oncologist takes care of cancer surgeries and removes the tumor or the diseased part for cancers which can be operated upon.<\/p>\n Within surgical oncology, there are specialists for Head and Neck cancer surgeries, GI( Gastro-intestinal) cancer specialists,\u00a0Breast Cancer<\/a>, Gynae-Oncology, Uro-oncologists( who take of\u00a0urological cancers<\/a>\u00a0 such as\u00a0bladder cancer<\/a>,\u00a0prostate cancer<\/a>, and\u00a0kidney cancer<\/a>),\u00a0 Ortho-onco surgeons( for bone cancers)\u00a0 and neurosurgeons( brain and spinal tumors)<\/p>\n Radiation Oncologists<\/strong>:\u00a0 Radiation oncologists are the ones to administer\u00a0radiation<\/a>\u00a0such as IGRT, IMRT, SBRT, to cancer patients to help control localized cancers, or cancers spread to the bone, locally advanced cancers or cancers not receptive to chemotherapy<\/p>\n Hemato<\/strong>\u2013oncologists<\/strong>: A\u00a0hemato-oncologist<\/a>\u00a0takes care of liquid cancers, blood cancers such as\u00a0Leukemia<\/a>,\u00a0Lymphomas<\/a>,\u00a0Multiple Myelomas<\/a>. He is the one responsible for doing a\u00a0bone marrow transplant<\/a>, often a curative option for many blood cancers.<\/p>\n