👉 Cecidology is a branch of medicine that focuses on studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cancer development. It was developed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 1975 as a way to understand how tumors grow and spread through cells. The term "cecidology" comes from the Latin word for "cell," which refers to the microscopic structure of cells. It is often used to describe the study of cancerous cells that are not normal