A number of healthcare professionals are involved with your care. Your team may include:
- Radiologists 鈥� doctors trained to read imaging studies such as a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Radiology or lab technicians 鈥� healthcare professionals who withdraw blood or take images of your body
- Pathologists 鈥� doctors who identify diseases by studying cells and tissues using microscopes
- Hematopathologists 鈥� doctor-pathologists who are board-certified in both anatomical and clinical pathology and who examine your blood, bone marrow and tissue samples
- Hematologist-oncologists 鈥� doctors specially trained to diagnose and treat patients with blood cancers
- Nurse practitioners 鈥� nurses who have advanced training in diagnosing and treating illness
- Oncologists 鈥� doctors who treat patients with cancer
- Oncology nurses 鈥� nurses who specialize in treating people who have cancer
- General surgeons 鈥� doctors who perform surgical procedures such as splenectomies, lymph node biopsies and other tissue biopsies
- Gastroenterologists 鈥� doctors who specialize in digestive tract diseases
- Nephrologists 鈥� doctors who specialize in treating patients with kidney diseases
Radiation oncologists, social workers, psychologists and nutritionists may also be part of your healthcare team.