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CANCER
Volume 117, Issue 5, Pages 1097-1102Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25553
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history of cancer; history of oncology; ancient history of cancer; cancer in history; history of medicine
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Review of the earliest written descriptions and reports of cancer show that ancient physicians and surgeons made gradual progress in understanding cancer. It became clear to most of them that early detection and complete removal, before the cancer became ulcerated, afforded the best outcome. Cancer 2011;117:1097-102. 2010 American Cancer Society
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