Oncology
noun
The study and treatment of tumors and cancer.
Dr. Smith is a specialist in the field of oncology.
Often appears as...
- clinical oncology
- oncology nurse
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Technical
noun
The study and treatment of tumors and cancer.
Dr. Smith is a specialist in the field of oncology.
Often appears as...
- clinical oncology
- oncology nurse
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Medical Field
Oncology is specifically used in medical contexts related to cancer care.
She is presenting her research at the international oncology conference.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Focus
Oncology goes beyond study; it includes treatment methods for cancer patients.
The oncology wing at the hospital is equipped with the latest therapies.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Oncology is a specialized branch of medicine doctors study after medical school.
After medical school, he did his residency in oncology.
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
The cancer stem cells remain, and the tumor can return months or years later. We're now learning to identify the cancer stem cells and identify those as targets and go for the long-term cure. We're entering the era of personalized oncology, the ability to leverage all of this data together, analyze the tumor and come up with a real, specific cocktail for the individual patient.
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
"to yoke, to bring together." The last slide I want to show you is from -- again, this swami that I studied with for so many years. I did a combined oncology and cardiology grand rounds at the University of Virginia medical school a couple years ago. And at the end of it, somebody said, "Hey, Swami, what's the difference between wellness and illness?"
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Medicine's future?...
can whack the weed away it seems to shrink it often comes back so we're tacking the wrong target the cancer stem cells remain and the tumor can return months or years later we're now learning to identify the cancer stem cells and identify those as targets and go for the long term cure and we're ending the era of personalized oncology the ability to
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Jay Bradner: Open-source...
It's a horrible term of trade. But what it means is that we've failed to identify a greasy pocket in these proteins, into which we, like molecular locksmiths, can fashion an active, small, organic molecule or drug substance. Now, as I was training in clinical medicine and hematology and oncology and stem-cell transplantation,
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The Restorative Power of...
Some people found the idea of going back to hospital every year for a top up too traumatic. People should know that there is a safe, permanent alternative. We recently spoke at the oncology convention at the NEC, which was a great success, and one of the points that we were really trying to make
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The genius of Marie...
laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. For good or ill, her discoveries in radiation launched a new era, unearthing some of science's greatest secrets.
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Paleo-oncology: The...
and environmental factors influenced our human tendency towards cancer and it could help with the prevention and treatment of cancer in the future now the paleo oncology research organization was formed as a collaborative union of archaeologists historians clinical
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The Most Powerful...
surgical or oncology patients, we've seen that this approach works across all types of care. Because the common thread is that loved ones are there, and they want to help. Along the way, we've learned a few things.
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Bill Doyle: Treating...
that the FDA included in their approval of an oncology treatment a quality of life claim. So I'm going to show you now one of the patients from this trial.
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Stephen Friend: The hunt...
Approximately 30 years ago, when I was in oncology at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia,
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
The cancer stem cells remain, and the tumor can return months or years later. We're now learning to identify the cancer stem cells and identify those as targets and go for the long-term cure. We're entering the era of personalized oncology, the ability to leverage all of this data together, analyze the tumor and come up with a real, specific cocktail for the individual patient.
Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
"to yoke, to bring together." The last slide I want to show you is from -- again, this swami that I studied with for so many years. I did a combined oncology and cardiology grand rounds at the University of Virginia medical school a couple years ago. And at the end of it, somebody said, "Hey, Swami, what's the difference between wellness and illness?"
Video examples
Medicine's future?...
can whack the weed away it seems to shrink it often comes back so we're tacking the wrong target the cancer stem cells remain and the tumor can return months or years later we're now learning to identify the cancer stem cells and identify those as targets and go for the long term cure and we're ending the era of personalized oncology the ability to
Video examples
Jay Bradner: Open-source...
It's a horrible term of trade. But what it means is that we've failed to identify a greasy pocket in these proteins, into which we, like molecular locksmiths, can fashion an active, small, organic molecule or drug substance. Now, as I was training in clinical medicine and hematology and oncology and stem-cell transplantation,
Video examples
The Restorative Power of...
Some people found the idea of going back to hospital every year for a top up too traumatic. People should know that there is a safe, permanent alternative. We recently spoke at the oncology convention at the NEC, which was a great success, and one of the points that we were really trying to make
Video examples
The genius of Marie...
laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. For good or ill, her discoveries in radiation launched a new era, unearthing some of science's greatest secrets.
Video examples
Paleo-oncology: The...
and environmental factors influenced our human tendency towards cancer and it could help with the prevention and treatment of cancer in the future now the paleo oncology research organization was formed as a collaborative union of archaeologists historians clinical
Video examples
The Most Powerful...
surgical or oncology patients, we've seen that this approach works across all types of care. Because the common thread is that loved ones are there, and they want to help. Along the way, we've learned a few things.
Video examples
Bill Doyle: Treating...
that the FDA included in their approval of an oncology treatment a quality of life claim. So I'm going to show you now one of the patients from this trial.
Video examples
Stephen Friend: The hunt...
Approximately 30 years ago, when I was in oncology at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia,
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Vikram Patel
Indian Scientist
The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.
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Devon Windsor
American Model
Every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving, I buy a bunch of toys for the sick children in the oncology center at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. I really love giving back and putting a smile on their faces, especially during the holidays.
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Melissa Leong
Dad was a draughtsman; he's now retired. Mum was a nurse who spent a lot of her time in ER and oncology. She's such a compassionate, generous person. If I was meeting her on the worst day of my life, I'd be very grateful to have met her.
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Alex Berenson
American Author
Because Genentech is a leading developer of cancer therapies, some doctors also fear that the company's pricing plans for Avastin - around $8,800 a month - may encourage other companies to charge more for their own oncology drugs.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
The idea that cancer genes are sitting inside each and every one of our chromosomes, just waiting to be corrupted or inactivated and thereby unleashing cancer, is, of course, one of the seminal ideas of oncology.
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John Cameron
Scientist
Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
If there's a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it's that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes.
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Oxana Chusovitina
German Athlete
There was no child oncology in Uzbekistan and in Russia you don't have a chance because there are already so many on the waiting lists.
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Vikram Patel
Indian Scientist
The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.
Quote examples
Devon Windsor
American Model
Every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving, I buy a bunch of toys for the sick children in the oncology center at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. I really love giving back and putting a smile on their faces, especially during the holidays.
Quote examples
Melissa Leong
Dad was a draughtsman; he's now retired. Mum was a nurse who spent a lot of her time in ER and oncology. She's such a compassionate, generous person. If I was meeting her on the worst day of my life, I'd be very grateful to have met her.
Quote examples
Alex Berenson
American Author
Because Genentech is a leading developer of cancer therapies, some doctors also fear that the company's pricing plans for Avastin - around $8,800 a month - may encourage other companies to charge more for their own oncology drugs.
Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
The idea that cancer genes are sitting inside each and every one of our chromosomes, just waiting to be corrupted or inactivated and thereby unleashing cancer, is, of course, one of the seminal ideas of oncology.
Quote examples
John Cameron
Scientist
Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.
Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
If there's a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it's that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes.
Quote examples
Oxana Chusovitina
German Athlete
There was no child oncology in Uzbekistan and in Russia you don't have a chance because there are already so many on the waiting lists.
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