Is Surgical Oncologist actually your fit?

A 15-minute focused check — only the assessments that actually predict success in this role. No fluff, no full battery.

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Surgical Oncologist

Healthcare

Surgical Oncologists in India perform cancer resection surgeries — breast-conservation and mastectomy, gastrointestinal (esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, pancreas), gynaecological (ovarian CRS-HIPEC, cervical, uterine), head and neck (total laryngectomy, parotidectomy, neck dissection), and soft-tissue sarcoma excisions — with curative or cytoreductive intent. The Indian training path is MBBS → MS General Surgery (NEET-PG) → M.Ch Surgical Oncology (3 years, NEET-SS), with seats at Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai (HBNI), AIIMS Delhi, RGCI Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, JIPMER, CMC Vellore, and KIDWAI Memorial Institute Bengaluru. Surgical oncologists lead multidisciplinary tumour boards (MDT) for staging and resectability consensus, execute margin-critical procedures where R0 resection is the primary determinant of survival, and are the principal specialists for HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy) and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) for peritoneal malignancies. India's cancer disease burden (1.4 million new cases/year) and the severe shortage of trained surgical oncologists — fewer than 1,500 practising M.Ch-qualified specialists nationally — make this one of the most undersupplied superspecialities in Indian medicine.

What you'll do

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Career Interests
7 min
Tells us if the day-to-day activities of this role energize you.
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Personality Profile
8 min
Reveals whether the working style this role demands fits how you naturally show up.

What you'll get — free

A clear fit verdict for Surgical Oncologist — strong, good, worth exploring, or stretch.
The 2-3 reasons it fits (or doesn't), based on what this role actually demands.
An honest signal on whether to keep exploring this path or look elsewhere.

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Surgical Oncologist

Career Interests

Personality Profile