Radiation oncologists are specialists with training and experience in the treatment of cancer.
There are many reasons. Oncology is a major medical discipline, especially when one considers that one in three Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime. In contrast with physicians in other subspecialties, radiation oncologists encounter and treat a variety of problems which arise regularly in the management of patients with cancer. Oncology is an evolving, changing, research-oriented discipline. Recent advances in cancer biology and genetics will translate into major clinical advances during your career.