She faced her oncologist with her findings.

I trusted my oncologist, and ignored everyone else.

My oncologist and I talk a lot these days because I try to keep my talks technically accurate.

She insisted that she should take me to an oncologist on the same day and so she did ...

It was enough for her to make the decision to get her subsequent care with her private oncologist who, every time she went, examined both breasts including the axillary tail, examined her axilla carefully, examined her cervical region, her inguinal region, did a thorough exam.

As a pediatric oncologist, having cared for children with cancer and their families for more than 25 years, I know that only a parent who has confronted such a diagnosis truly understands the depth of this fear, as it touches the core of who we are as parents.