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What is Oncology?

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Dody Novrial and has no comments yet.

Oncology (Greek oncos = tumor) is the study of tumors or neoplasms. The term neoplasm means a new growth, and the process is called neoplasia. It has been difficult to develop an accurate definition of neoplasm. A definition from Willis-British Oncologist-(1952) was globally used by phycisian : “A neoplasm is an abnormal mass of tissue, [...]

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