title: HBOC
text: # HBOC
  
  HBOC may refer to:
  
  * Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers; a type of oxygen-carrying blood substitute
  * Hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome; a syndrome where breast and ovarian cancer occurrences in the family are suspected to be due to a hereditary factor
  * HBO & Company; a medical information systems firm, now part of McKesson Corporation
  