شیمی درمانی (کموتراپی) نوعی از درمان سرطان است که در آن از دارو
:برای نابود کردن سلولهای سرطانی استفاده می شود.وابسته به نوع سرطان و میزان پیشرفت آن ، شیمی درمانی می تواند:
سرطان را معالجه کند: اگر
A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist.
Oncology is concerned with:
The diagnosis of any cancer in a person (pathology).
Therapy (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other modalities).
Follow-up of cancer patients after successful treatment.
Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies.
Ethical questions surrounding cancer care.
Screening efforts:
of populations, or
of the relatives of patients (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer)