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Oncology
Explore the complex mechanisms behind cancer development, progression, and treatment. Learn about oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, metastasis, carcinogenesis, and cutting-edge therapies including immunotherapy and targeted drugs.
Basics of Cancer Biology
An introduction to the fundamental concepts of neoplasia and cancer.
Principles of Chemotherapy
Understand the mechanisms of action for different classes of chemotherapy drugs.
Oncogenes & Tumor Suppressors
Test your knowledge on p53, Rb, Ras, and other key genes in cancer development.
The Hallmarks of Cancer
A quiz on the six (and newer) hallmarks of cancer as proposed by Hanahan and Weinberg.
Cancer Metastasis
Explore the complex process of how cancer cells spread from a primary to a secondary site.
Dictionary
Key Oncology Terms
Plain definitions, with how to say each word and where it comes from.
- Angiogenesis
Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels from existing ones, needed for growth and healing and exploited by tumors to feed themselves.
- Benign tumor
A benign tumor is an abnormal growth of cells that stays in one place and does not invade nearby tissue or seed new growths elsewhere.
- Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control, invade nearby tissue and can spread to distant parts of the body.
- Carcinogen
A carcinogen is any substance, radiation, microbe or other exposure that can cause cancer or raise the chance of it developing.
- Carcinoma
A carcinoma is a cancer that starts in epithelial cells, the cells that cover the skin and line the inner and outer surfaces of organs.
- Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with drugs that kill rapidly dividing cells or stop them from multiplying, usually given in repeated cycles.
Career
Where Oncology Leads
Careers that use it: what each job is, how people get in and what it pays.
- Genetic Counsellor
Helps people and families understand inherited conditions and genetic test results, and what those mean for their health and choices.
- Radiographer
Takes X-ray, CT and MRI images of the body to help diagnose illness and injury, or gives radiotherapy to treat cancer.
- Pathologist
Diagnoses disease from tissue, cells, blood and other samples, producing the findings that guide the treatment other doctors give.
Research
Calculators for Oncology
Free, with the formula and a worked example for each.
- Sample Size and Power Calculator
How many participants a survey or a two-group study needs, or the power of the sample you have, with a paragraph for your methods.
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