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Oncologists - Bloomington, IL

We found 5 oncologists in Bloomington, IL. See refinement options below.

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Dr. Vijay Kumar Damarla, MD, MPH

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Adult Hematology

3105 Magory Drive, Bloomington, IL 61704

309-662-2102

cancer, blood disorders

Dr. Vijay Damarla's specialties are adult hematology, adult oncology, and medical oncology. He practices in Peoria, IL, Ottawa, IL, and Decatur, IL. Dr. Damarla is a graduate of Rangaraya Medical College.
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Dr. Patrick L. Gomez, MD

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Adult Hematology

3105 Magory, Bloomington, IL 61704

309-243-3000

cancer, blood disorders

Dr. Patrick Gomez is an adult hematology, adult oncology, and medical oncology specialist in Bloomington, IL and Pekin, IL. He attended Duke University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Kimberly P. Ku, MD

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Adult Hematology

3105 Magory, Bloomington, IL 61704

309-243-3610

myeloma, blood disorders, cancer
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Dr. Kimberly Ku's specialties are adult hematology, adult oncology, and medical oncology. She practices in Peoria, IL, Bloomington, IL, and Pekin, IL. She studied at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Pankaj Kumar, MD

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Adult Hematology

3105 Magory Drive, Bloomington, IL 61704

309-662-2102

cancer, blood disorders

Dr. Pankaj Kumar works as an adult hematology, adult oncology, and medical oncology specialist in Peoria, IL, Ottawa, IL, and Bloomington, IL. He graduated from St. John's Medical College.

"my wife was referred to this guy by the specialist she is seeing for lupus. Before seeing Dr. nick I mean Kumar we get a letter in the mail talking about the cancer treatment she will be going through so of course I freak out and think there is something she hasn't told me which thank god wasn't the case. Next we show up for her first visit and the nurse that checks us in starts of by insulting both myself and my wife by telling her" oh I see you brought your son with you today". my beautiful wife is older than me but only by 11 months. at this point both of our faces are beat red as she leads us back to the office. If this is what she has to say about a pretty healthy person I can't Imagine what insults get slung at their stage 4 cancer patients they "treat" there. Kumar comes in and he talks a good game and smooths things over. to the lay person he really seemed to know what he was talking about.... until the bill came. now a lot of people would look at their bills and go wow that's a lot but it is what it is. but to drain our entire health spending account for a b12 deficiency test sure seemed like a lot. so we called blue cross blue shield because Kumar's office would not tell us what they charged to the lab. once blue cross blue shield gave us the information that Kumar's office refused to give we called back to kumar's office for them to explain the medical coding. Their response was nobody could help us with that. so we called the labs to find out what the marks were that he ordered up on the tests. turns out that Dr. Nick... (I did it again) I mean Kumar was ordering up all kinds of cancer tests on my wife. Again MY WIFE DOESN'T HAVE CANCER SHE HAS LUPUS. medical billing is currently investigating. This guy is a Crook and a fraud and just thought hey they are young they won't know any better. If your specialist or Doctor refers you to this guy tell them to find someone else. god only knows how much he has stolen from people that actually do have cancer that have been treated buy this quack. hope this rating saves at 0 stars they earned every one of the these goose eggs. "

April 2, 2015
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Dr. Kyle M. Stang, MD

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Radiation Oncology

210 Saint Joseph, Bloomington, IL 61702

309-684-9100

radiation therapy

Dr. Kyle Stang practices radiation oncology in Bloomington, IL. He is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine.

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What is Oncology?

An oncologist is a physician who is concerned with the treatment of tumors and cancers. Cancer is when cells in the human body grow in an abnormal or out-of-control way. The goal of oncology is to cure a patient's cancer, or, if the cancer is incurable, to control the cancer and reduce the symptoms for as long as possible.

Oncologists have several roles in their interaction with patients. They diagnose cancer and determine what stage the cancer is in, or to what extent the cancer has grown. They explain the diagnosis and stage to the patient, and they recommend treatment and deliver care. During treatment, oncologists are responsible for maintaining quality of life for their patients by reducing pain and side effects from medications.

There are three main types of oncologists:

Medical Oncologists specialize in the use of medications, especially chemotherapy, to kill cancer cells. In some areas, the term 'medical oncologist' refers to the oncologist who is overall in charge of making decisions about a patient's treatment.
Surgical Oncologists specialize in surgical treatments for cancer, such as biopsies (where small tissue samples are taken and examined), or surgical removal of tumors and surrounding tissue.
Radiation Oncologists specialize in the use of radiation (a kind of high powered x-ray) to kill cancer.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology also recognizes the subspecialties of Gynecological Oncology, which focuses on cancers of the female reproductive tract, and Pediatric Oncology, which deals with cancers that are most common in childhood.

In the United States, nearly one-half of all men and one-third of all women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. It is an unfortunately common disease that can sometimes be life-threatening. Oncologists provide care to millions of people facing that diagnosis every year.