The clinical spectrum of infections caused by Bacillus spp. include self-limited food poisoning, localized infections related to trauma (e.g. ocular infections), deep seated soft tissue infections, and systemic infections (e.g. meningitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and bacteremia).
Synonym(s): radiotherapy, therapeutic radiology. radiation oncology. n. The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers. radiation oncology. the study of the treatment of cancer with ionizing radiation. radiation oncology Oncology The specialty of medicine that uses high-energy ionizing radiation to treat malignant neoplasms and certain nonmalignant conditions Modalities Teletherapy, brachytherapy, hyperthermia, stereotactic radiation. See Oncology, Surgical oncology. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine.
Chemotherapy is one of the main oncology fields. Radiation treatment is a specialized field in oncology. An oncologist must keep up to date on the latest forms of treatment and surgery in order to offer the best treatment or advice for patients.t is usually the oncologist that diagnosis cancer, but it may not always be. If a general practitioner is suspecting cancer, the patient will be sent to an oncologist for further testing, biopsy, diagnosis and possible treatment. But oncology is a multi-field practice.