[What does the medical physicist expect from the radiation oncologist and vice versa?]

The cooperation between radiation oncologist and medical physicist is essential to guarantee the quality and safety of the irradiation of our patients. It would be wrong to consider that the intervention of medical physicists in the patient management process is limited to the provision of calibrated and controlled equipment and to guarantee the validity of the dose distribution and the treatment time, while the radiation oncologist has the complete control of all clinical activities related to irradiation. The intervention of physicists at the stage of acquisition of anatomical data and throughout the phase of optimization of the treatment is already a reality. The recognition of the profession of medical physicist as a health profession comes to legitimize this intervention. Should physician-physicist cooperation be limited to these common tasks and participation in continuing care? Can we envisage a true synergy of action that goes beyond the field of care? The answer to the question: what does the physicist expect from the radiation oncologist and vice versa may bring elements to reinforce tomorrow's cooperation. This article is the second part of the question.