oncology

IPA: ɑŋkˈɑɫʌdʒi

The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Examples of "oncology" in Sentences

The word oncology comes from the Greek word meaning
; et al. Systematic review: reliability of compendia methods for off-label oncology indications.
Hammond JM, Orlando LA, Wheeler JL; et al. Reliability of compendia methods for off-label oncology indications.
Â''She didnÂ't really talk about the word Â'cancer, Â 'but the fact that she used the word oncology, it was like, Â'Wow.
Oncopartners, a Latin American oncology development company, and its exclusive partner IBPC, a non-profit oncology research network made up of Brazil's largest public oncology hospitals.
As someone who works in oncology research and sees patients have their insurance deny them treatment or rips it out from under them in the middle of treatment, we must come up with a plan for coverage for anyone who needs it.
The Pediatric Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia uses the latest advances in oncology and genetics to provide care and counseling to children with genetic predisposition to cancer.
The one previous study in oncology, looking at multiple myeloma, also found that pharmaceutical studies reported positive results in 74 percent of trials compared to 47 percent of non-industry-sponsored trials. posted by sydney on