Medical Oncology

What is Medical Oncology?

 

Nowadays, the incidence of cancer due to reasons such as easier access and cheapness of processed foods and beverages brought by modern life, widespread consumption of habits such as sedentary life, alcohol and cigarette consumption, increased depression and stress, epidemic of obesity and diabetes, environmental pollution, increase in chemical residues in food. increasing in frequency.
Cancer-related deaths are expected to rank first, surpassing cardiovascular-related deaths. Despite these negativities, cancer has a chance to be cured thanks to developing technology and new treatment options.
Medical Oncology is one of the medical departments that undertake the treatment of cancer disease. A medical oncologist (also called a medical oncologist) is a physician who has specialized in internal medicine and has specialized in oncology. It is the specialty that plans and carries out the medical treatment (such as chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, vaccine therapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, immunotherapy, molecular targeting therapies) after the diagnosis of cancer. In addition to the side effects of treatment, it provides relief from cancer-related complaints. In addition, it is the health branch that carries out active follow-up and treatment of cancer patients who have metastasized until their death.