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