Year: 2016 | Month: December | Volume 3 | Issue 4
Editorial- Cancer: The Target
Anand Kumar
DOI:10.5958/2394-4196.2016.00013.3
Abstract:
Cancer is the most common and frequent seen malignancy, third in India and second leading cause of death in the
United States. Oncology is a branch of science that specializes and deals in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and characterized by the uncontrolled abnormal growth of cells. The word onco means mass, tumor or bulk and logy means study and it can develop anywhere in the body. It includes medical oncology (the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and other drugs to treat cancer), radiation oncology (the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer), and surgical oncology (the use of surgery and other procedures to treat cancer). The three most common type of cancer in India are oral cancer (head and neck cancer), lung cancer, breast cancer, and cervix cancer.
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