The branch of medicine for the diagnoses and treatment of cancer in adults using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy, or immunotherapy, is known as medical oncology.

Examples of Medical Oncology include:

Haematology oncology (blood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma)

Specific types of cancer (such as breast oncology or gynecology oncology) Children with cancer (paediatric oncology).