How to Use oncology in a Sentence
oncology
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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 -
That’s why the progress in immuno-oncology has been really remarkable in the last years.
— Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 -
Overall, oncology and immunology drugs will be the key growth driver for J&J in the near term, in our view.
— Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021 -
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 -
Those Xs, scrawled with a marker, offered a crude road map for his oncology surgeon.
— Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021 -
So the whole field of oncology began to see this reversal of the Krebs cycle as a kind of metabolic rewiring that helps cancer cells grow.
— Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022 -
Last May, Moeller moved to Portland, Ore., and began working in an oncology unit.
— Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021 -
Damian here with a close look at an en-vogue idea in oncology, an awkward welcome for a new CEO, and a twist on the classic drug pricing backlash.
— Damian Garde Reprints, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023 -
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 -
The newlyweds went to Jesse's first oncology appointment on the day they were supposed to leave for their honeymoon.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2023 -
With no help from either the nursing home or the hospice agency, Andrea turned to David’s neuro oncology team.
— Seth Joseph, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 -
Slapak, one of Weeks’s closest friends, noted that for leaders in oncology, part of the job is to encourage patients to seek care and be seen early.
— Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022 -
For Pfizer, the deal — which includes the assumption of Seagen’s debt — would double its pipeline of early-stage oncology drugs.
— Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The instructions that came next were blunt and life-changing: There was a bed waiting for Abby on the oncology unit at their local hospital.
— Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022 -
But the structures are important to researchers and doctors who deal in oncology.
— Katherine J. Wu New York Times, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020 -
True enough, an oncology nurse, a resort owner and others start getting knocked off.
— Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022 -
New-patient oncology visits were down between 29% and 70% in the months between March and July, compared with the same months a year earlier.
— Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2020 -
Paice, an oncology nurse, was the lead author of a set of 2016 guidelines for managing chronic pain in cancer survivors.
— Isabella Cueto, STAT, 11 Sep. 2021 -
The expansion is part of the company’s plans to become an oncology powerhouse in Boston and grow its business in the United States.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022 -
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 -
At one point, Guardino led a team of 100 scientists as head of safety science oncology.
— Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021 -
Sahin and his wife Ozlem Tureci have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases.
— Fred Pleitgen and Zamira Rahim, CNN, 18 Nov. 2020 -
Why weren’t more drugs included, such as oncology drugs?
— Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Even in oncology, which is much better understood than the underlying science of Alzheimer’s, success has come in fits and starts.
— Damian Garde, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022 -
In early May, Codner and his wife Tristan received a phone call that Andrew had a bed waiting for him in the hematology and oncology unit of the hospital.
— Kelsie Smith, CNN, 25 Oct. 2020 -
One in the pediatric oncology outpatient area on the 8th floor is a geometric pattern called a mandala.
— Peter Krouse, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020 -
Inspired by her journey with melanoma, Sample worked a few years ago as an oncology nurse, helping other people with cancer fight the disease.
— Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Graduating on time — and looking for a job in oncology.
— Nikole Killion, CBS News, 16 May 2021 -
By retaining half ownership, Sanofi can still benefit from the consumer healthcare market while freeing up resources for R&D in high-growth areas like specialty care, vaccines, and oncology.
— Joe Cornell, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Johnson & Johnson — The health-care conglomerate gained 1.6% after posting quarterly results that exceeded expectations on the back of strong sales of oncology drugs.
— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
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