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subspecialist

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008367

In health care, a doctor or other provider who has additional training in a very specific area of medicine. Examples of subspecialists include pediatric oncologists (doctors who have special training in diagnosing and treating cancer in children) and neuroradiologists (doctors who have special training in creating and interpreting images of the nervous system).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008367
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008367",
  "term": "subspecialist",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In health care, a doctor or other provider who has additional training in a very specific area of medicine. Examples of subspecialists include pediatric oncologists (doctors who have special training in diagnosing and treating cancer in children) and neuroradiologists (doctors who have special training in creating and interpreting images of the nervous system).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/subspecialist/"
}

Record 15,754 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.