| Abstract from DBPedia | Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. 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, or
* of the relatives of patients (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer)腫瘍学（しゅようがく、英語: oncology）は癌（がん）や肉腫などの「腫瘍」に関する医学の研究分野である。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Oncology) |
