Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The name’s etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (ónkos), meaning “tumor”, “volume” or “mass”.

Oncology is concerned with:

• The diagnosis of any cancer in a person (pathology)
• 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, orof the relatives of patients (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer)

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