Medical Oncology

Medical Oncology

Nowadays, the incidence of cancer is due to reasons such as easier access and cheaper access to processed foods and beverages brought by modern life, increased consumption of habits such as sedentary life, alcohol and cigarette consumption, increase in depression and stress, epidemic of obesity and diabetes, environmental pollution, increase in chemical residues in foods. its frequency is gradually increasing.
It is expected that cancer-related deaths will surpass deaths related to cardiovascular health and take the first place. Despite these negativities, cancer has a chance to be cured thanks to developing technology and new treatment options.
Medical Oncology is one of the medical departments that undertake the treatment of cancer disease. Medical oncologists (also called medical oncologists) are physicians who have specialized in internal medicine and have specialized in oncology. It is the field of expertise that plans and carries out the medical treatment of the patient (such as chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, vaccine therapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, immunotherapy, molecular targeting therapies) after cancer diagnosis. It provides relief from cancer-related complaints as well as the side effects of treatment. It is also the branch of health that carries out active follow-up and treatment of metastasized cancer patients until their death.