• Question: What is the study of cancer called?

    Asked by barney to Gioia, Iain, Jo, Leo, Mariam on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Iain Moal answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Oncology

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      Leo Garcia answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      The study of cancer is called ‘oncology’, which comes from the Greek ‘oncos’ (meaning mass, or tumour) and ‘-ology’ (meaning the study of something).

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      Joanna Watson answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of tumours – so I guess that would be the word that you could use. I prefer to use simple words though so I would just say that I study cancer or that I do cancer research.

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      Mariam Orme answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Now that’s an interesting question… I don’t think there is a word for the study of cancer! The branch of medicine concerned with cancer is oncology, I think that’s the closest I can get to answering your question!

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