The study of cancer and tumour is called _____.

The study of cancer and tumour is called _____.

  • (A) Ontology
  • (B) Oncology
  • (C) Ecology
  • (D) Genomic
  • The study of cancer and tumour is called Oncology.
  • Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with the study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer and tumors. The term comes from the Greek word onkos, meaning tumor, mass, or bulk.
  • An oncologist is a doctor who treats cancer.
  • Ontology: This refers to a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of being or a formal way of naming and defining properties and relations within a particular domain.
  • Ecology: The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment Although cancer ecology is a legitimate area of research in a very specialized context, the term oncology still works for most contexts.
  • Genomic: This is an adjective relating to Genomics, which is the study of an organism's complete set of DNA (genome). While genomics is heavily used in cancer research to understand mutations, it is not the name for the study of cancer itself.
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