{"id":114,"date":"2021-07-31T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T12:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/karnakumarblog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:07:13","slug":"the-difference-between-a-medical-oncologist-and-a-hematologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-a-medical-oncologist-and-a-hematologist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between a Medical Oncologist and a Hematologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The main difference between a medical oncologist and a hematologist is that a medical oncologist focuses generally on all types of cancers, but a Hematologist focuses on only blood disorders and all types of blood cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, medical oncologists deal with various cancers of our body, while hematologist deals exclusively with various disorders of the blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hematologist vs. Oncologist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/images\/blog.png\" alt=\"blog\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Hematologist also specializes in blood disorders, including both blood and non-blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Always remember that there is no such specialty as \u201cOncologist &amp; Hematologist\u201d in India..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who is a Medical oncologist?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An oncologist is a specialist in the investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with cancers of any tissue or organ. They usually treat all types of cancers and there are different types of oncologists. They are usually the primary health care providers for cancer patients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who is a Hematologist?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Hematologist is a superspecialist in treating both cancerous blood disorders, non-cancerous blood disorders, and bone marrow disorders exclusively. These include disorders affecting white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, blood clotting, immune system, and blood cancers such as lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma. They can help you in better understanding and managing your blood condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hematologist vs Oncologist:  Their Roles in Cancer Treatment [Dr. Karuna Kumar Explains]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q2psAE-tv2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Choose the right doctor for your Medical Care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hematologist has a super specialty degree DM \/ DNB in clinical hematology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical oncologist has a super specialty degree DM \/ DNB in medical oncology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgical oncologist has an MCH \/ DNB degree in surgical oncology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radiation oncologist has an MD \/ DNB degree in radiation oncology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been diagnosed with blood cancer or suffering from a non-cancerous blood disease, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us<\/a><\/b> today for your path to healing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main difference between a medical oncologist and a hematologist is that a medical oncologist focuses generally on all types of cancers, but a Hematologist focuses on only blood disorders and all types of blood cancers. Therefore, medical oncologists deal with various cancers of our body, while hematologist deals exclusively with various disorders of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-a-medical-oncologist-and-a-hematologist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Difference Between a Medical Oncologist and a Hematologist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkarunhematology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}