it starts with the letter 'O'
2007-09-24 20:02:30 · 20 answers · asked by jake long 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It is called Oncology.
Oncology is the branch of medicine that studies tumors (cancer) and seeks to understand their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. A Medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The term originates from the Greek ogkos (ογκος), meaning bulk, mass, or tumor and the suffix -ology, meaning "study of".
The oncologist often coordinates the multidisciplinary care of cancer patients, which may involve physiotherapy, counselling, clinical genetics, to name but a few. On the other hand, the oncologist often has to liaise with pathologists on the exact biological nature of the tumor that is being treated.
Oncology is concerned with:
The diagnosis of cancer
Therapy (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other modalities)
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 (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer).
2007-09-24 20:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In areas concerning cancer, word Oncology starts with O. But it is not the name for study about cancer.
2007-09-24 20:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by Shrichand Nahar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONCOLOGY - The study of cancer. There are five major areas of oncology: etiology, prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment. As a clinical discipline, it draws upon a wide variety of medical specialties; as a research discipline, oncology also involves specialists in many areas of biology and in a variety of other scientific areas. Oncology has led to major progress in the understanding not only of cancer but also of normal biology.-
2007-09-24 20:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oncology
2007-09-28 08:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by ladydoc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-25 01:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Simmi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-24 21:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by flavar07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-24 20:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-24 20:07:36 · answer #8 · answered by trab421 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oncologist - A doctor who specializes in treating cancer. Medical Oncologists specialize in treating cancer with chemotherapy while Radiation Oncologists specialize in treating cancer with high dose radiation.
ONCOLOGY is study about Cancer.
2007-09-24 22:00:27 · answer #9 · answered by sb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE STUDY ABOUT CANCER IS CALLED
'ONCOLOGY'
2007-09-24 21:12:29 · answer #10 · answered by Dhendan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋