Definitions for ONCOLOGY
ɒŋˈkɒl ə dʒion·col·o·gy

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1. oncologynoun

   the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors

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1. oncologynoun

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

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1. Oncology

   ‹See Tfd› Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer.

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1. oncology

   Oncology is a branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. It involves medical professionals known as oncologists who handle various types of cancer and carry out research to find ways to improve the health and survival rates of cancer patients. Oncology can further be divided into sub-specialties based on the type of cancer such as breast oncology, lung oncology, etc.

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1. Oncology

   Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. Oncology is concerned with: ⁕The diagnosis of any cancer in a person ⁕Therapy ⁕Follow-up of cancer patients after successful treatment ⁕Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies ⁕Ethical questions surrounding cancer care ⁕Screening efforts: ⁕of populations, or ⁕of the relatives of patients

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1. Oncology

   ong-kol′o-ji, n. the science of tumours.—n. Oncot′omy, incision into, or excision of, a tumour.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ONCOLOGY in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ONCOLOGY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of ONCOLOGY in a Sentence

1. Elias Zerhouni:

   Immuno-oncology is just at the beginning of its development, frankly, I think it won't be enough to just remove a checkpoint inhibitor because it is also important to activate the immune system.

2. Jonathan Simons:

   This area of active surveillance and management is a new form of oncology.

3. Josef Woodman:

   With Mexico and Costa Rica, it’s overwhelmingly dental and cosmetic surgery. However, certain countries are known for specialties. For example, in Singapore, stem cell and oncology is huge. In India, South India and Chennai Apollo hospitals does incredible work with hip and knee surgeries, in Eastern Europe, a lot of people from the UK – but also people from the United States – travel to Hungary, Croatia and Turkey for everything from dental to light cosmetic surgery.

4. Paul Kleutz:

   We are actively working with multiple academic, patient and industry groups to further the field of patient-reported outcome measurement in oncology.

5. Novartis Pharmaceuticals:

   The new structure reflects the importance of oncology to Novartis following the successful integration of the oncology assets acquired from GlaxoSmithKline.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ONCOLOGY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oncology
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncology
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ONCOLOGY
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ONCOLOGY