TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY COUNTY: USA. Use these powerful cause of death maps to compare The Top 15 Causes Of Death in the USA down to the county level. Note the changes as you click on cause buttons and mouse over maps for data. The legend is directly above the maps. Citation at bottom of page.
The branch of medicine that deals with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Source: Answers.com. The study of Oncology is the study of cancer. Doctors (oncologists) services relating to it range from screening and checking to treatment, therapy and followups post treatment.
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD. The term oncology literally means a branch of science that deals with tumours and cancers. The word âoncoâ means bulk, mass, or tumor while â-logyâ means study. Each of the cells of the body have a tightly regulated system that controls their growth, maturity, reproduction and eventual death. Cancer begins when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. There are many kinds of cancer, but they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells.