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Vinony

cancerology

noun

  1. branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
  2. branch of zoology that deals with the crustaceans
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From cancer + -ology.

  1. The scientific study of cancer.

    “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.””