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Cancer management / American Cancer Society
By: Special Graduate Course on Cancer for Latin American Physicians (1966 sep. : ...)
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TextPublisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1968Description: xiii, 662 p.Subject(s): American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society | Neoplasmas | Neoplasmas -- -Prevención and Control | Neoplasmas -- -Historia | Neoplasmas -- -Epidemiología | Cáncer -- -Factores hereditariosDDC classification: 616.994 S741c Content advice: The word cancer came from the father of medicine, Hippocrates, a Greek physician. Hippocrates used the Greek words, carcinos and carcinoma to describe tumors, thus calling cancer "karkinos." The Greek terms actually were words to describe a crab, which Hippocrates thought a tumor resembled. Although Hippocrates may have named "Cancer," he was certainly not the first to discover the disease. The history of cancer actually begins much earlier
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Libro (general) | Biblioteca Central UNIBE | General | 616.994 S741c (Browse shelf) | Ej.1 | Available | 101095 |
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The word cancer came from the father of medicine, Hippocrates, a Greek physician. Hippocrates used the Greek words, carcinos and carcinoma to describe tumors, thus calling cancer "karkinos." The Greek terms actually were words to describe a crab, which Hippocrates thought a tumor resembled. Although Hippocrates may have named "Cancer," he was certainly not the first to discover the disease. The history of cancer actually begins much earlier