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The treatment of cancer in Greek antiquity

dc.contributor.authorKarpozilos, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPavlidis, Nicholasen
dc.creatorKarpozilos, A.en
dc.creatorPavlidis, Nicholasen
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-22T09:53:46Z
dc.date.available2018-06-22T09:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.urihttps://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/42008
dc.description.abstractLiterary sources provide considerable information on the existence of various malignant tumours in the classical period. Based on a close reading of the ancient Greek medical treatises, this paper traces the history of the treatment of cancer by examining the theories of tumour formation, as they were codified by leading physicians of antiquity, together with the therapeutic methods they proposed in their writings. The discussion focuses on a series of medical texts beginning with the Hippocratic corpus (ca. 460-370 B.C.) and the voluminous works of Galen (129-199 A.D.) and extends to medical handbooks (Oreibasios, Aetios of Amida, Paul of Aegina) composed in subsequent centuries up to the end of the ancient world (VII c. A.D.). © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.sourceEuropean journal of canceren
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectAntineoplastic agenten
dc.subjectHumanen
dc.subjectNeoplasmsen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectBreast canceren
dc.subjectPriority journalen
dc.subjectTreatment outcomeen
dc.subjectMedical literatureen
dc.subjectReviewen
dc.subjectSarcomaen
dc.subjectUnclassified drugen
dc.subjectCarcinogenesisen
dc.subjectCanceren
dc.subjectCancer therapyen
dc.subjectTreatmenten
dc.subjectCarcinomaen
dc.subjectAncienten
dc.subjectTumoren
dc.subjectAnethum graveolens extracten
dc.subjectBone marrowen
dc.subjectCyperus rotundusen
dc.subjectCyperus rotundus extracten
dc.subjectDillen
dc.subjectGreek antiquityen
dc.subjectGreek worlden
dc.subjectHerbaceous agenten
dc.subjectHistory of medicineen
dc.subjectMedicinal planten
dc.subjectNatural producten
dc.subjectOlive oilen
dc.subjectParotid gland canceren
dc.subjectPlant extracten
dc.subjectPlantago majoren
dc.subjectPlantago major extracten
dc.subjectRose oilen
dc.subjectSalveen
dc.subjectTanacetum partheniumen
dc.subjectTanacetum parthenium extracten
dc.subjectTurpentine oilen
dc.subjectUterus canceren
dc.titleThe treatment of cancer in Greek antiquityen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejca.2004.04.036
dc.description.volume40
dc.description.issue14
dc.description.startingpage2033
dc.description.endingpage2040
dc.author.facultyΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.author.departmentΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.contributor.orcidPavlidis, Nicholas [0000-0002-2195-9961]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0002-2195-9961


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