"Medical Oncology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.
| Descriptor ID |
D008495
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.515
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medical Oncology".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medical Oncology".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Oncology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medical Oncology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Oncology" by people in Profiles.
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Long-Term Outcome of Young Infants With Suspected Neuroblastoma following Observation as Primary Therapy: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Aug; 72(8):e31829.
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A framework-based guide for adapting and implementing primary care-based pediatric interventions to the pediatric oncology setting: HPV PROTECT as an exemplar. Cancer. 2025 May 01; 131(9):e35857.
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Childhood Cancer Early Diagnosis and Appropriate Referral: An Educational Initiative of the?International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), in Collaboration With International Pediatric Association. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jul; 72(7):e31702.
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Hematology-oncology provider perspectives regarding lymphoma treatment and cardioprotective strategies in patients with lymphoma at high risk for heart failure. Leuk Lymphoma. 2025 Aug; 66(8):1437-1446.
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The Terry Fox Research Institute Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network: A pan-Canadian precision oncology initiative. Cancer Cell. 2025 Apr 14; 43(4):587-592.
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Accelerating the Future of Oncology Drug Development: The Role of Consortia in the Delivery of Precision Oncology Early Phase Clinical Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Feb 20; 43(6):735-747.
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National virtual tumor boards to inform the management of children with rare cancers. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 37(1):56-58.
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Automated Electronic Health Record Data Extraction and Curation Using ExtractEHR. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2024 Nov; 8:e2400100.
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Medicaid Coverage of NCCN- and ASCO/SSO-Guideline-Concordant BRCA Germline Testing for Patients with Breast Cancer: Opportunity to Embrace Rapid Advancements in Precision Medicine. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Feb; 32(2):646-649.
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Whole-Body Multiparametric PET in Clinical Oncology: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2024 Nov; 223(5):e2431712.