Oncology is the part of medical science that deals with cancer and tumours — how they start, how they grow, how doctors find them, and how they are treated.

Oncology腫瘤學(oncology) is the part of medical science that deals with cancer and tumours是醫學裡處理癌症與腫瘤的那個部分 — how they start包括它們怎麼開始, how they grow怎麼長大, how doctors find them醫生怎麼發現它們, and how they are treated以及怎麼治療。

It is a hospital and university word, not a kitchen-table word. In everyday English people just say “cancer” for the illness; they say oncology when they mean the field, the department, or that kind of medicine.

It is a hospital and university word這是醫院和大學裡用的字, not a kitchen-table word不是日常聊天會用的字。 In everyday English people just say 'cancer' for the illness日常英文裡大家講到這個病,直接說「cancer癌症」; they say oncology when they mean the field, the department, or that kind of medicine要講這個領域、這個科別,或這一類醫學的時候,才會說oncology。

Though actually, oncology is wider than “cut out a lump”: it includes drugs, strong-ray treatment, blood cancers (where there is not one lump you can point to), and care that helps people live with the disease.

Though actually不過其實, oncology is wider than 'cut out a lump'oncology涵蓋的範圍比「把腫塊切掉」廣得多: it includes drugs它包括藥物治療, strong-ray treatment強力放射治療, blood cancers (where there is not one lump you can point to)血癌(這種沒有一個你可以指出來的腫塊), and care that helps people live with the disease以及幫助病人與疾病共處的照護。

You will see it on hospital signs. The people who work there are oncologists.

You will see it on hospital signs你會在醫院的招牌上看到這個字。 The people who work there are oncologists在那裡工作的人叫做oncologists腫瘤科醫生。