oncology

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Veeda oncology is a global oncology company located in the US, Europe and India which provides outstanding oncology research Phase I to Phase IV research and trials services.

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  1. noun The branch of medicine that deals with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

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  • The future of oncology, according to Colomer, is 'working to avoid the appearance of tumours, improving the detection rates in the early stages, and increasing the effeciency of cancer treatment whilst decreasing its toxicity'. —  thinkSPAIN - The leading English Spanish website
  • Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global independent biopharmaceutical development specialist focusing on serious medical conditions and particularly oncology, announced the signature of a research project with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), aimed at the identification of novel small molecules and peptides that interfere with pathways controlling cell fate specification. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Those would be the ones that would actually be the traditional lines would include antibiotics, nutrition, pain control, cardiac, as well as the oncology area. —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Specializing in oncology, their flagship product, ChemoSAFE (TM), is leading the industry in the management of chemotherapy administration. —  PR.com Press Releases
  • There is increased competition in specialty therapeutic areas such as oncology, and generic drug manufacturers are increasing competition in the broader therapeutic classes such as cardiovascular (CV). —  Health News from Medical News Today
 

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  1. Greek onkos, mass, tumor; see nek-2 in Indo-European roots + -logy.

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  1. from Greek ὄγκος, bulk, mass (later ὀγκοῦσθαι, swell, later ὄγκωμα, a swelling), + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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