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Oncology: What Is It?

Literally translated, oncology refers to the scientific field that studies tumors and malignancies. The suffix "-logy" denotes research, while the word "onco" denotes bulk, mass, or tumor. Read More: Oren Zarif Cancer: What is it? Every bodily cell has a highly controlled mechanism that governs its development, maturation, reproduction, and ultimate demise. An organ's cells begin to proliferate uncontrollably, which is how cancer starts. Cancer can take many different forms, but it all begins with aberrant cells growing out of control. How widespread is cancer? Millions of individuals have cancer now or have had it in the past. In the US, cancer is the second most common cause of death. In the US, cancer affects around half of men and one-third of women at some point in ...