How to Use oncology in a Sentence

oncology

noun
  • Talk to their oncology team about your concerns and ask for ideas.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
  • These are the moments of joy in oncology.
    — Khushali Jhaveri, STAT, 17 June 2026
  • At first, Kristine, who worked in oncology, brushed it off.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • Gilead has been building up its oncology franchise, which is key to its long-term outlook.
    — Dallas News, 7 June 2020
  • Also an oncology nurse, Fink walked away from the pods without a match.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In 2021, his boss cleared him to move there and set up a full-time oncology clinic.
    — Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Because in oncology, and medicine in general, lives are at stake.
    — Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And true to form, for the past five years, she's been fighting with just about every tool in the oncology arsenal.
    — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The joint health struggles inspire her oncology work.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • Those Xs, scrawled with a marker, offered a crude road map for his oncology surgeon.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
  • This is why pharma companies have piled into oncology over the past decade.
    — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
  • But before that, he was known for his criticism of the lack of rigor in oncology drug data.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
  • True enough, an oncology nurse, a resort owner and others start getting knocked off.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Yes, some now choose to enter a new field of political oncology.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 22 May 2017
  • Phone and email message were left seeking comment from the oncology practice.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That’s why the progress in immuno-oncology has been really remarkable in the last years.
    — Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In the past two years, research into the use of PROs has surged in oncology.
    — Stephen Ornes, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Dentistry is rife with judgment calls based on preferences, while oncology isn’t.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some of our best insights are coming from using the tools of human oncology and precision medicine.
    — Jessica Alice Farrell, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
  • But the structures are important to researchers and doctors who deal in oncology.
    — Katherine J. Wu New York Times, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Alex then went to meet Izzie — who is now a surgeon of oncology — and their children, who live on a farm in Kansas.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • And, for oncology patients who crave foods not on the menu, Joy always finds a way to accommodate them.
    — Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
  • In oncology, discovery is moving at warp speed.
    — Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But its toll never fails to induce tears, as the sound reverberates down the oncology units' hallways.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • But Kristine, drawing from her years working in oncology, pushed doctors to rule out cancer as well.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • 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
  • After being in the oncology world for four months at this point, her family’s life became about getting their two sons through treatment.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025

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