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Oncology

A coronal CT scan showing a malignantmesothelioma, indicated by the asterisk and the arrows.
Focus	Cancerous Tumor
Subdivisions	Medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology
Significanttests	Tumor markers, TNM staging, CT scans, MRI
Specialist	Oncologist

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 onkos (όγκος), meaning "tumor", "volume" or "mass".^[1]

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, or
  • of the relatives of patients (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer)

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