Radiation Oncology Physician Jobs

Diagnosing and treating cancer is one of the main jobs of a radiation oncologist. Radiation oncology is one of the three primary specialties in the discipline of oncology. Any treatment is done by using ionizing radiation. Performing the radiation to relieve cancerous symptoms, or to try to treat a cancer will be used for a patient. Radiation may be just one of the steps in treatment for a patient that a radiation oncologist will see. Benign diseases and benign tumors are also treated by radiation or chemotherapy. A medical professional choosing to specialize in radiation oncology may be performing the actual treatment or doing research to see how cancer reacts to different forms of the radiation.