Multidisciplinary Cancer Care
The goal of the evidence-based, multidisciplinary team approach to patient care at Tennova Cancer Centers is creating hope and changing lives for many people living with cancer. Doctors, nurses and other caregivers work together to treat cancer aggressively and to ensure that no person has to face the challenge of a cancer diagnosis alone.
Patients may work with one or more of the following physician specialists:
- Breast surgical oncologist
- Colorectal surgeon
- Dermatologist
- Gastroenterologist
- General surgeon
- Gynecological surgeon
- Hematologist
- Interventional radiologist
- Medical oncologist
- Neurologist
- Neurosurgeon
- Nuclear medicine physician
- Otolaryngologist
- Pathologist
- Plastic surgeon
- Pulmonologist
- Radiation oncologist
- Radiologist
- Thoracic surgeon
- Urologist
At Tennova Cancer Centers, multidisciplinary cancer conferences are held weekly where healthcare providers discuss the diagnosis and treatment of individual cancer patients to optimize their care management. Participants represent medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgery, pathology, radiology, nurse navigation and nursing. Other healthcare providers involved in a patient's care—such as dietitians and rehabilitation specialists—may also attend.
Cancer care team members receive specialized education and training in the care of persons with cancer. In addition to physician specialists, the team at Tennova Cancer Centers includes:
- Nurse navigators
- Nurse practitioners
- Oncology-certified registered nurses
- Radiation therapists
- Respiratory therapists
- Medical dosimetrists
- Medical physicists
- Physical and occupational therapists
- Registered dietitians
- Social workers
- Chaplains and pastoral care staff
- Genetic counselor