Disciplines and Occupations

Medical Oncology

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Oncology, Medical
  • Clinical Oncology
  • Oncology, Clinical

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty only RADIATION ONCOLOGY is also available

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History Note

79

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Previous Indexing

  • Internal Medicine (1966-1978)
  • Specialties, Medical (1968-1978)

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  1. H02w.403w.429w.515

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NLM Classification

QZ 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Oncology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008495. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008495
  2. Medical Oncology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6050805