Do you have a hematologist?

JustGrateful
JustGrateful Member Posts: 72
edited July 2020 in General Cancer
A friend who went through cancer treatments before me asked what my hematologist has said. I don't have one and haven't heard anyone of my doctors suggest it. Is this a common thing?

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  • cllinda
    cllinda Member Posts: 153
    edited May 2020
    Mine was part of the oncology group I went to. That basically is your blood report that you get each time. How your blood is analyzed and how your stats are.
  • JaneA
    JaneA Member Posts: 335
    edited May 2020
    A hematologist specializes in diseases of the blood so they normally treat blood cancers like leukemia. But as clinda mentioned, there may be a hematologist on staff who would look at your blood work results.
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    I don't have a hematologist. I guess I have never needed one. Thankfully.
  • Kp2018
    Kp2018 Member Posts: 105
    edited July 2020
    My medical oncologist's specialty is hematology. It makes sense to me since so many cancers are cancers of the blood.
  • andreacha
    andreacha Member Posts: 196
    edited May 2020
    I have found that most Oncologists are Hematologists. Ask your Dr.
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    edited May 2020
    I didn’t have one, only a breast surgeon and breast oncologist (or maybe she’s just an oncologist).
  • po18guy
    po18guy Member Posts: 329
    edited July 2020
    Without a brilliant, aggressive, relentless, creative, world-class and otherwise amazing hematologist, I would have departed planet earth in 2008.
  • beachbum5817
    beachbum5817 Member Posts: 238
    edited May 2020
    I did not have a hematologist. I know that there was one attached to the chemo center, because there were people that just got blood. I never had any need for that service, thank goodness.
  • GregP_WN
    GregP_WN Member Posts: 742
    edited May 2020
    As far as I know, I've never specifically had one. There may have been one on my team at the center though.
  • suemartin
    suemartin Member Posts: 6
    My oncologist is also a hematologist.
  • BuckeyeShelby
    BuckeyeShelby Member Posts: 196
    edited May 2020
    My chemo guy is affiliated with an oncology/hematology practice. I think that is true of a lot of oncologists who specialize in the chemo side of treatment.
  • ChicagoSandy
    ChicagoSandy Member Posts: 111
    I don't have one--unlike many oncs, my MO is not a heme-onc. But she says I'm not anywhere anemic enough to need a hematologist. I didn't have chemo, so maybe that's a factor too.
  • Bug
    Bug Member Posts: 394
    edited July 2020
    My oncologist's specialty is hematology/medical oncology.
  • petieagnor
    petieagnor Member Posts: 110
    edited July 2020
    Like some of you my oncologist is also a hematologist. I was going to the blood clinic for my Warfarin checks. The techs just couldn't get it right, so my oncologist took over. Everything is fine now & cardiologist is happy, too. They are in the same building. I also get my blood test for my PCP drawn at Cancer center. It saves me from going to another lab & it can be drawn from my port. I just have to stay on top of it to make sure DOs are in the system. It's a win-win for everyone.

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