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The doctor who diagnosed my cancer is a gynecologist. Should I see a gynecologic oncologist (specialist in cancers of the female reproductive tract)?

April 26, 2017cancer cancers diagnosed doctor female gynecologic gynecologist Oncologist reproductive specialist

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The doctor who diagnosed my cancer is a gynecologist. Should I see a gynecologic oncologist (specialist in cancers of the female reproductive tract)?

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Sue D., Pennsylvania, USA: My surgery was done by my obstetrician/gynecologist, not a gyn/oncologist. If I had to do it again, I would have insisted on a gyn/oncologist, but I didn’t know enough at the time to insist on it. I follow-up now with a gyn/oncologist my family physician referred me to.