{"id":11666,"date":"2024-08-22T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2024-08-22T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T09:24:30","slug":"how-to-find-the-right-oncologist-after-a-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11666","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the Right Oncologist After a Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a cancer diagnosis, it\u2019s one of the most important decisions you\u2019ll make.<\/p>\n

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After a career as a golf professional in southeastern New Mexico, Doug Lyle, 76, decided he had somewhere better to be than on the course: spending time with his new grandchild. Then this summer, just as he was settling into retirement, he learned he had prostate cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re first diagnosed, you immediately go to the internet, and you can be overwhelmed in short order,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more you read about it, the more complicated it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the first and most important choices he had to make was who his oncologist would be. Many of the two million patients diagnosed with cancer in the United States each year get the news from a primary care doctor. Those patients might accept a referral to an oncologist without question. But research suggests that it\u2019s worth considering the choice closely: It can shape the care you receive<\/a>, your satisfaction with the treatment<\/a> and your chances of survival<\/a>.<\/p>\n