Human oncology refers to the study and treatment of cancer in humans. It involves understanding how cancer develops, spreads, and affects the human body, and finding ways to diagnose, prevent, and treat it.
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«human»
«oncology»
Sentences with «human oncology»
- Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has emerged as a standard of care in human oncology over the last few decades, but has only recently become available in veterinary medicine. (petcureoncology.com)
- That's how Charles Sawyers, a 2009 Lasker Award winner and chair of human oncology and pathogenesis at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, made the connection with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) that led to second - generation treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). (sciencemag.org)
- The research collaboration is part of a broader push in the veterinary community to promote «comparative oncology,» which is centered on the idea that studying cancer in pet dogs could yield important insights that can be translated to human oncology research. (fiercepharma.com)
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