Oncology

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 (óngkos), meaning 1. "burden, volume, mass" and 2. "barb", and the Greek word λόγος (logos), meaning "study".Cancer survival has improved due to three main components: improved prevention efforts to reduce exposure to risk factors (e.g., tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption), improved screening of several cancers (allowing for earlier diagnosis), and improvements in treatment.Cancers are often managed through discussion on multi-disciplinary cancer conferences where medical oncologists, surgical …

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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 14 March 2024 English

We study the effect of price caps on the provision of costly effort by pharmaceutical firms using variation in drug discounts generated by a price regulation program that allows eligible …

is associated with ownership of more outpatient oncology clinics, and Han (2018) shows that the 340b program


World Bank Group · 14 March 2024 English

AN-SMMC-204963-CW-RFQ / Construction for Dialysis an Oncology expansion. TF / A8176 Transition and Contingency


TFAH: Trust for America's Health · 8 March 2024 English

D., MPH Chair of the TFAH Board of Directors Director and Professor Secretary of Health Former Director, U. [...] Chief Medical Officer and Vice Chancellor for Leavitt Partners Vice Chair …

the USA: A Cross-Sectional Assessment.” Lancet Oncology, 24: 265 Van Beusekom, Mary. “Type 2 Diabetes


World Bank Group · 8 March 2024 English

Access to quality diagnostics is essential for both providing effective health care to individuals and advancing broader health policy objectives, such as universal health coverage. For patients, diagnostics are necessary …

and nuclear medicine: a Lancet Oncology Commission.” The Lancet. Oncology vol. 22,4 (2021): e136-e172 population-based, modelling study.” The Lancet. Oncology vol. 21,8 (2020): 1023-1034 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8


AHHA: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association · 5 March 2024 English

Based Healthcare at the Welsh Value in Health The international movement of value-based Centre, NHS Wales, was invited to join both health care (VBHC) presents a structured, the Congress and …

efficiently with various services (pathology, surgery, oncology, radiology, physiotherapy, dietetics and clinical


World Bank Group · 5 March 2024 English

Environmental degradation is the largest public health challenge of the century and is likely to be exacerbated by climate change. This study undertakes a comprehensive examination of the health implications …

cancer and chronic airway inflammatory diseases. Oncology letters, 15(5):7506–7514, 2018. Lachlan J McIver


CSPI: Centre for Science in the Public Interest · 5 March 2024 English

But the bulk of the responsibility falls on the FDA, which regulates the safety of flavors in all packaged foods and beverages and the labeling of flavors in all other …

aspartame, methyleugenol, and isoeugenol. The Lancet Oncology, 2023. 24(8): p. 848-850. 92 U.S. National Toxicology


EU: European Union · 29 February 2024

25.1.2024 Cuprymina A.C.O.M. -ADVANCED CENTER ONCOLOGY MACERATA -S.R.L. Località Cavallino, 39 A/B 62010


EHT: Environmental Health Trust · 29 February 2024 English

A study commissioned by the Government of Styria, Austria found a significant cancer incidence in the area around the RF transmitter as well as significant exposure-effect relationships between radiofrequency radiation …

(Oberfeld 2008). A review published in Experimental Oncology found “alarming epidemiological and experimental phone base stations. A 2018 study published in Oncology Letters documented “unnecessarily high” RF levels and one high exposure apartment“ published in Oncology Letters by Koppel et al. (2019) measured 2 apartments radiation at 1,900 MHz. International Journal of Oncology Hardell, L., & Koppel, T. (2022). Electromagnetic and mobile communication systems. Experimental Oncology Zothansiama et al (2017). Impact of radiofrequency


ENCR: European Network of Cancer Registries · 29 February 2024 English

special focus on cancer registration and the European Cancer I. [...] More Publication in Frontiers in Oncology: Geographical and temporal differences in gastric and oesophageal cancer registration by subsite

published A new study was published in The Lancet Oncology presenting the cancer prevalence estimates for apply: 15 March. More Publication in Frontiers in Oncology: Geographical and temporal differences in gastric h-centre https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1250107/full?utm_s


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