After completing medical school and an internal medicine (or pediatrics) residency, you apply for oncology fellowships. There are several dozen around the country. You can find them by looking at the link below.
If you wish to be an oncologist, you need a bachelors degree (~4years), a medical degree (4 years), an internal medicine residency (3 years) and an oncology internship (2-3 years). technicians and nurses in the field require far less training (usually a bachelor's degree or equivalent certificate).
4 years of college 4 years of medical school 4 years of residency.. 12 years from high school. Ob residencies are very competitive, good ones are difficult to get into. Subspecialties like Gyn Oncology take 3 to 4 more years after residency.
Oral Oncology was created in 1965.
Oncology Reports was created in 1994.
Annals of Oncology was created in 1990.
4 years of undergraduate college, 4 years of medical school, 3 years of pediatric residency, and 3 years of pediatric oncology fellowship = 14 years.
Molecular Oncology - journal - was created in 2007.
European Institute of Oncology was created in 1994.
Gynecologic Oncology - journal - was created in 1972.
International Journal of Oncology was created in 1992.
Journal of Clinical Oncology was created in 1983.