Also called: Cancer Doctor
Treats cancer with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted drugs.
Reviews scans to see if tumors are shrinking, adjusts chemo doses, and explains genetic test results to patients. Builds long relationships with patients over years of treatment.
BLS top-codes many physician wages; figures are estimates for attending physicians after residency (residents earn about $65k-$80k while training).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 14 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, internal medicine residency, then a 3-year hematology-oncology fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI matches tumors to drugs and reads scans, making the job more data-driven; guiding patients through years of treatment stays human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1216.
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