What Is Oncology?
Oncology is a branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers. It includes medical oncology, such as chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapies, immuno-oncology (I/O), cell and gene therapies (CGTs), and other drugs. It also includes radiation therapy, which uses radiation to attempt to eradicate a tumour, and surgical intervention, which uses surgery and other procedures to treat cancers (1).
With increased complexity in oncology protocol design, endpoints, and time sensitivity due to end-of-life clinical trial patients (2), Cerba Research provides an adaptive oncology team that has access to the latest science and technology to optimize the outcome of your trial(s). Precision medicine development requires a flexible and agile specialty laboratory partner who can adjust as the protocol does, ensuring endpoints are captured appropriately and enabling studies to move forward with the right data at the right time. As such, Cerba Research can provide a wide range of integrated specialty and safety testing to your existing central laboratory processes.