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A pediatric oncologist treats cancer in children.
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∙ 13y agoPediatric oncologists treat cancer in children.
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What is the name for a pediatrician that is specialized in cancer?
pediatric oncologist
What does a pediatrician do and how to describe it?
A medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases.
Other occupations that are similar to a pediatrician?
A pediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating children. Some of the related occupations for a pediatrician include pediatric specialist (for example, a pediatric oncologist who treats children with cancer); pediatric psychologist; neonatal perinatal medicine; and developmental-behavioral pediatrics.
What areas of science do pediatrician land in?
Well, being there, pretty much any area of Biology. I am a declared pre-med major, but you can have any major in biology and become a doctor. The last few years of schooling is when you decide your specialty; ie pediatrician, oncologist, family med. etc.
What doctor specializes in the treatment of cancer?
A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of cancer is called an Oncologist.
What kind of activities do pediatricians do?
An oncologist treats cancer patients. Pediatrics is children's medicine. A pediatric oncologist would treat children who have cancer.
A specialist who diagnoses and treats cancerous growths and tumors is called?
That would be an oncologist. There are other specialists as well that can deal with tumors such as a urologist who deals with the prostate.
What type of people do you work with as a pediatrician?
By definition a pediatrician treats children. Some pediatricians further specialize in certain ages of children, e.g. babies (neonatologist) or teens (adolescent pediatrician). Others specialize in treating only certain conditions in children, e.g cancer (pediatric oncologist). Typically pediatricians suggest that kids shift to an adult doctor somewhere around when they finish puberty.
Can you have an oncologist if you do not have cancer?
No, an oncologist is a cancer doctor.
What is the job description of an oncologist?
The job description of an oncologist is to treat those with cancer. An oncologist is a cancer doctor.
Name several scientists who work in the field of oncology?
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What is a childrens cancer doctor called?
Pediatric Oncologist
