cancerology

English

Etymology

cancer +‎ -ology

Noun

cancerology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of cancer.
   • 1920 March, “Institute "Pricipe de Asturias" for the investigation and study of cancer”, in Bulletin, volume 2, number 3, American Cancer Society:

     It is at one and the same time a centre of research and a benevolent undertaking. Furthermore, it would tend to give concretion to a group of medical studies which might be brought under the heading of “Cancerology,” or, to be more comprehensive and scientific, of “Oncology.”

Related terms

• cancerological
• cancerologist

Translations

study of cancer

• Spanish: cancerología f
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See also

• oncology