Oncology (from the Ancient Greek onkos (ὄγκος), meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, and the suffix -logy (-λογία), meaning "study of") 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 (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)

Can aspirin prevent breast cancer?

Aspirin use protects against a known intermediate biomarker of breast cancer risk in a dose-dependent fashion.... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Cancer incidence higher in men, blacks

The overall incidence of invasive cancer in the United States was 440.3 per 100,000 persons for 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Dec. 17. More than 1.5 million such...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Beta-blocker prevents trastuzumab-related LVEF drop

SAN ANTONIO – Prophylactic beta-blockade with bisoprolol during adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer prevented trastuzumab-induced decline in left ventricular ejection...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

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