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Video Summary: Registered Nurse Amy Fair discusses the team of doctors that are involved when getting a mesothelioma diagnosis. View Transcript
Who should be on my medical team for treatment?
The health care professionals that are involved in the diagnosis of mesothelioma many times start with your primary doctor because of the symptoms of a cough or shortness of breath.
Many times they are referred then on to a pulmonologist if the symptoms don’t resolve. After the pulmonologist does a CT scan or a chest X-ray and notes a mass in the pleura or the abdomen, they will refer them on to a thoracic surgeon to have that biopsy to confirm the disease.
The surgeon, after getting the diagnosis, will then refer them on to either a radiation oncologist or oncologist for treatment.
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