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Cancer treatment has changed drastically in the last 20 years, and a cancer diagnosis is no longer considered a death sentence. Along with early detection and other factors, targeted cancer treatments are responsible for much of that success. From diagnosis to aftercare, cancer care providers are finding the disease varies so greatly that specializing in site-specific cancers has become the most effective method of treatment.

  "Cancer is 100 diseases in one," says Mattie J. Hobley, director of oncology services at East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH). "Each cancer acts differently in the body and needs to be treated differently."

  EJGH urologist Dr. Sean Collins offers further explanation: "Seminoma, for example, a cancer of the testes, is exquisitely susceptible to radiation, but other cancers are more susceptible to chemotherapy, others respond to surgery and others require combinations. Why some respond well to one treatment and poorly to another, we can't always say. If we had the answer to that, it would be the Holy Grail for cancer treatment."

 Because certain cancers are sensitive to some treatments and others are not, physicians specializing in a particular part of the body may be able to hone in on the most effective course of treatment more quickly than those with a broader knowledge base. For example, providers who treat mostly breast cancer patients may not be aware of the latest treatment regimens and resources available for prostate cancer patients.

  More oncologists are graduating from medical school with an interest in specializing in fighting one particular kind of cancer. "The oncologists we meet now all want to know what our philosophy is on cancer treatment," Hobley says. "They want to know that they can practice in one area of expertise."

  Some of the most successful treatments begin with early detection, so diagnosticians already have adopted site-specific practices. Radiologists at EJGH represent specialties from across the medical landscape including neuroradiology, abdominal imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, interventional radiology and breast imaging. Tools used to diagnose cancers in different parts of the body also vary. Breast imaging, for instance, can call for one or several of the following procedures: digital mammography, computer-aided detection, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, cyst aspiration, stereotactic, ultrasound and MRI-guided needle biopsies, ductograms, and needle localization for surgical biopsy.

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