Oncology

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Books about oncology:

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Oncology is generally defined as the medical specialty concerned with the study and practice of treating tumours. However, some definitions of this are more precise - specifying the study and treatment of cancer.

Regardless of the exact definition used, oncology is an extremely important discipline in the field of cancer care, and is often sub-divided into classifications of:

• medical onocology
• surgical onocolgy, and
• radiation onocolgy.

The term is onocology comes from the from the Greek "onkos" which means "bulk or mass", together with the suffix -ology (meaning "study of").

Associated Terms:

• A medical specialist in the field of oncology is called an oncologist.
• The adjective used to refer to oncology is oncological.

Links to related areas of this website:

• Glossary section: Medical Specialties
• Glossary section: General Medical Terms
• News about cancer (types of cancers)
• See also books about Oncology

This part of the IvyRose Holistic glossary is included as a study-aid for students following first-level courses in human biology, medicine, nursing, natural or holistic therapies, and associated theoretical courses. Such students are often required recognize and understand medical terms such as words used to refer to the many different disciplines within medicine.