News tagged with oncologist
Bias affects cell phone cancer risk findings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of South Korean and American researchers has found studies of possible links between cell phones and brain tumors and other cancers vary in quality, and those suggesting there is little ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Protein 'jailbreak' helps breast cancer cells live
If the fight against breast cancer were a criminal investigation, then the proteins survivin, HDAC6, CBP, and CRM1 would be among the shadier figures. In that vein, a study to be published in the March 30 ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Astrobiology meets cancer research
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an interplanetary meeting of the minds, astrobiologists and oncologists have worked together to provide new insights into the origins of cancer, which remains a major killer despite the ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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New treatment in sight for ovarian cancer
In the future, women with metastatic ovarian cancer could be treated with a radioactive substance that can seek and destroy tumour cells. An initial study in patients conducted jointly by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Targeting tumors: Research has led to lifesaving breast cancer treatments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Rita Mehta's research has led to more effective breast cancer treatments, with lifesaving results.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Minn. parents agree to let son undergo chemo
(AP) -- The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer told a judge Tuesday they now agree to the medical treatment, and the judge ruled their son can stay with them. Daniel Hauser, ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Oncology
Oncology (from the Ancient Greek onkos (ὄγκος), meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, and the suffix -logy (-λογία), meaning "study of") is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors (cancer). A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist.
Oncology is concerned with:
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