A hemotologist oncologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases caused by the cancerous tissues in blood. Blood cancer is not a common disease. Mostly children get easily affected. It is a silent killer and diagnosis of this disease is very challenging to the physicians because the cancerous cells do not form a tumor. They travel in the blood, multiply very rapidly and damage the healthy cells easily. Blood cancer occurs when the bone marrow cells produce abnormal white blood cells thereby reducing the blood flow. A Hemotologist oncologist identify the presence of malignancy in the blood cells by checking for symptoms like fatigue, malaise, weakness, weight loss, bone pain, back pain, anorexia, head ache, fluid retention, confusion and decreased urination.
After a symptom check, a hematologist oncologist performs a diagnosis to confirm the presence of cancerous cells. The basic diagnostic test in blood cancer is biopsy and blood test. A hematologist oncologist is expert in treating treats common forms of blood cancer like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Each type of blood cancer has different type of symptoms and treatments for example patients the blood result of patients who are diagonised with leukemia shows low white blood cell count and have a lump in their lymph nodes.
There are various treatments a hematologist uses to treat blood cancer. Some of the most common ones are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, steroids, biological therapy and stem cell transplant. Chemotherapy is the process of treating cancer with powerful drugs. The hematologist oncologist uses chemotherapy in treating diseases like Hodgkin’s disease and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Radiotherapy is the process of using high radiations like x-ray, gamma rays and neutrons on the affected area to kill the cancerous tissues. A hematologist oncologist uses in treating diseases like Ewing s sarcoma and leukaemia.
