Multidisciplinary Approach To Cancer

Cancer is known to have a multidisciplinary approach. “Cancer, far more than any other disease entity, requires a multidisciplinary approach. This multidisciplinary approach to cancer involves the integration of treatment strategies specifically set forth by surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists” (Povoski, Stephen; Hall, Nathan, date, page). Each type of medical doctor, whether an oncologist or a radiologist, offers cancer patients different routes for treatment care. All of the treatments revolving around the oncological field require radiological involvement, hence clinical imaging. Clinical imaging involves radiation and the help from radiologists, doctors specializing in treating diseases through clinical

I say this because radiology was discovered through ionizing and nonionizing radiation. At that time, ionizing radiation was considered an “electromagnetic radiation that has sufficiently high energy to remove electrons on interaction with specific atoms, thereby producing ionization in the substance through which it passes” (Oweida, Ayman); while “Nonionizing radiation cannot change the atomic structure of the materials with which it interacts.”(Oweida, Ayman) Through this discovery and the research embedded in ionizing and nonionizing radiation, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s discovered the X-ray. However, the x-ray was not the only type of ionizing radiation that was found. Through the years, researchers discovered other types of radiological techniques through ionizing radiation. These techniques include: ultrasound imaging, MRI’s, nuclear Imaging, and many

This image portrays the first radiological advancement produced and expanded to the medical field. I say this because the radiological discovery created what is today known as imaging tests and/or diagnostic tests. X-rays are known to create a clear bone/skeletal transparency of the human body. Through time X-rays as well as other radiological techniques progress into a more useful resource for professionals. Although the discovery of the different types of ionizing radiation was historical and life changing in the life of science, the high levels of energy within that radiation process was also harmful. Many people/Medical Doctors were unaware that by having X-rays tested on them, they were exposing themselves to radiations sickness and even worse, cancer. After radiology was known to be dangerous, physicians and nuclear energy workers researched and found better ways to prevent the human body from being affected by the radiation. Since then, radiology has guided practitioners when trying to determine the location from where the disease began and how much the disease has spread since its initial state. “Use of highly conformal radiotherapy techniques has heightened the need for image-based verification of treatment delivery on a more frequent basis than just the weekly portal images” (Clinic Radiation Oncology chapter 6. Radiation Oncology Physics Pg.137). Radiation oncology has served as a form of