How to Use oncology in a Sentence

oncology

noun
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  • Vaughn is a nurse in an oncology unit who sings to his patients and has the perfect voice for poppy R&B music.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • That’s why the progress in immuno-oncology has been really remarkable in the last years.
    — Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Overall, oncology and immunology drugs will be the key growth driver for J&J in the near term, in our view.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Beim got her start in health care working in oncology, where the ability to map the human genome was transforming the field.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Those Xs, scrawled with a marker, offered a crude road map for his oncology surgeon.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
  • So the whole field of oncology began to see this reversal of the Krebs cycle as a kind of metabolic rewiring that helps cancer cells grow.
    — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Last May, Moeller moved to Portland, Ore., and began working in an oncology unit.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Damian here with a close look at an en-vogue idea in oncology, an awkward welcome for a new CEO, and a twist on the classic drug pricing backlash.
    — Damian Garde Reprints, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Your oncology team will work with you to determine the treatments that can give you the best possible outcome.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • The newlyweds went to Jesse's first oncology appointment on the day they were supposed to leave for their honeymoon.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2023
  • With no help from either the nursing home or the hospice agency, Andrea turned to David’s neuro oncology team.
    — Seth Joseph, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Slapak, one of Weeks’s closest friends, noted that for leaders in oncology, part of the job is to encourage patients to seek care and be seen early.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • For Pfizer, the deal — which includes the assumption of Seagen’s debt — would double its pipeline of early-stage oncology drugs.
    — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The instructions that came next were blunt and life-changing: There was a bed waiting for Abby on the oncology unit at their local hospital.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • True enough, an oncology nurse, a resort owner and others start getting knocked off.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Paice, an oncology nurse, was the lead author of a set of 2016 guidelines for managing chronic pain in cancer survivors.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The expansion is part of the company’s plans to become an oncology powerhouse in Boston and grow its business in the United States.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • Jim, you were supposed to treat homeless patients for one year, and then go off to a prestigious oncology fellowship.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • At one point, Guardino led a team of 100 scientists as head of safety science oncology.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
  • Why weren’t more drugs included, such as oncology drugs?
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Even in oncology, which is much better understood than the underlying science of Alzheimer’s, success has come in fits and starts.
    — Damian Garde, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • One in the pediatric oncology outpatient area on the 8th floor is a geometric pattern called a mandala.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Inspired by her journey with melanoma, Sample worked a few years ago as an oncology nurse, helping other people with cancer fight the disease.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Graduating on time — and looking for a job in oncology.
    — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 16 May 2021
  • Kat LaCombe is a retired oncology nurse with 28 years experience and has responded to some of the criticism in a post on the restaurant's Facebook page.
    — David Williams, CNN, 20 Mar. 2021
  • But the natural experiment of the pandemic proved that parts of oncology care could be done closer to home and remotely.
    — NPR, 6 June 2024
  • The organization set Markelle up with an internship at an oncology lab at UAB and gave him mentors to help prepare for college.
    — Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | [email protected], al, 18 June 2023
  • In its first year, there were 38 approvals of new oncology applications.
    — Kevin Rudd, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Other solutions to cancer drug shortages The best way to address the root causes of the cancer drug shortage is to make these medications more profitable, which will motivate manufacturers to enter the pediatric oncology market, experts say.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Johnson & Johnson — The health-care conglomerate saw shares rising slightly during premarket trading after quarterly results exceeded expectations on the back of strong sales of oncology drugs.
    — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024

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