Each year, millions of people die from cancer or cancer-related complications. A career in oncology offers the opportunity to specialize in care, treatment and research to help people affected by this devastating disease. Cancer is a complicated disease that causes serious illness. Complications of the disease process cause death worldwide. Oncologists work together with other members of the medical team to help patients through cancer treatment live with the disease or die with dignity. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal blood cells multiply rapidly causing significant medical complications often leading to death (DeVita). When the initial cancer diagnosis is discussed with the patient and family, the news is devastating. The family must do their best to take their loved one's minds off the fact that they might die. “I have always wanted to be a doctor to help people with cancer to face the disease and, if I can't cure them, I help them, I assist them to die with dignity” (Soni). Cancer research continues to expand and has many new technologies for cancer imaging and tumor treatment. This extensive ongoing research seeks a cure for this devastating disease. Research that would lead to a cure for cancer would help reduce health care costs that are rising in the face of a struggling American economy (Healthcare Salaries). Another complex part of cancer treatment is psychosocial support for cancer patients. This intervention requires a team approach in treating the patient's physical and emotional needs (Devita). Psychosocial support helps patients and family members deal with the fears, depression and ongoing financial problems that come with a cancer diagnosis and altered lifestyle... the focus of the card... the future. Works Cited Coleman, Norman and Eli, Glatestein. “The road not taken and the choices in radiation oncology. “Oncology. NP, March 3, 2009. Web. November 13, 2013. www.The Oncology.com.DeVita, Vincent. Cancer principles and oncology practice. 9. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a firm of Walters Kluwer, 2011. Print.Longo, Dan. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18. 1. Chicago: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2012. Print.Martin, Gore “So you want to be… a medical oncologist.” British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 70.10 (2009): 160-161. Press. www.bjhm.co.uk. “Radiation oncologist salary and job description”. Healthcare salaries. NP and Web. November 16, 2013. www.Healthcare-salaries.com/phycians/radiation-oncologist-salary.Soni, Jaider, and Jo-Mel Labayog. Personal interview. November 27 2013.