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Answer:Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος, meaning 1. "burden, volume, mass" and 2. "barb", and the Greek word λόγος, meaning "study".
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♦ᴏɴᴄᴏʟᴏɢʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ.
♦ᴏɴᴄᴏʟᴏɢʏ ɪs ᴀ ʙʀᴀɴᴄʜ ᴏғ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴀʟs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsɪs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ.
♦ᴀ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴡʜᴏ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇs ᴏɴᴄᴏʟᴏɢʏ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴏɴᴄᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛ.
♦ᴀɴ ᴏɴᴄᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛs ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇs ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ.
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