See cancer for the biology of the disease, as well as a list of malignant diseases. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word á½Î³ÎºÎ¿Ï (Ã³nkos), meaning tumor, volume or mass.
1 An increase in maternal age affects the chances of miscarriage. 2  Women under the age of 35 yrs old have about a 15% chance of miscarriage. 3  Women who are 35-45 yrs old have a 20-35% chance of miscarriage. 4  Women over the age of 45 can have up to a 50% chance of miscarriage.
A: Let me start with an encouraging piece of information: the odds are that you wonât. Your two miscarriages might have simply been due to chance. The âusualâ risk for miscarrying a pregnancy in your 20s is 15 percent.If youâre younger than 30 and have had three miscarriages â and especially if youâve had no living births â your chance of having this recur is about 25 percent.If youâve had four miscarriages, your condition is now categorized as recurrent pregnancy loss, or RPL, and your risk does go up to about 40 percent.: Let me start with an encouraging piece of information: the odds are that you wonât. Your two miscarriages might have simply been due to chance. The âusualâ risk for miscarrying a pregnancy in your 20s is 15 percent.