Oncology:ऑकऑलजी

The study of cancer. There are five major areas of oncology: etiology (The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease), prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment. As a clinical discipline, it draws upon a wide variety of medical specialties; as a research discipline, oncology also involves specialists in many areas of biology and in a variety of other scientific areas. Oncology has led to major progress in the understanding not only of cancer but also of normal biology.