oncology unit
Tumor treatment department
An oncology unit is a hospital department specializing in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Patients receive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and other cancer-related care there.
The term appears in both medical contexts and everyday speech: She spent three weeks in the oncology unit after her diagnosis.
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- chemo brainTreatment-induced mental fog
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
ward · infusion · biopsy · remission · treatment plan · treatment · sterile · IV · drip · gown · bald · port · blood draw · scan · waiting · waiting room · hope · prognosis
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- specialty hospitalstransplant center, cancer center, trauma center, heart center, stroke center
- Medical Facilitieshospital, clinic, health center, urgent care, emergency room
oncology unitemergency room
Hospital crisis department
trauma center · emergency department · urgent care · walk-in clinic · triage unit
oncology unitmaternity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
birthing center · labor and delivery · neonatal unit · NICU · fertility clinic
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