Also called: Cancer Surgeon
Surgeon who specializes in removing tumors and cancer-affected tissue.
Spends hours carefully removing a pancreatic tumor while keeping key blood vessels intact, then joins a tumor board to plan care with oncologists and radiologists.
BLS top-codes physician pay; estimate for attending physicians after residency/fellowship.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 15 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, 5-year general surgery residency, then a 2-year surgical oncology fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry.
Growing about average. Tracks physicians and surgeons overall (about 3% over 10 years); shortages in many regions.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps map tumors and plan operations; delicate cancer surgery and tumor-board judgment stay with the surgeon.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Anatomy & physiology, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1249.
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