The story of how cancer got its name.
| Autor: | Panegyres K; School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cancer [Cancer] 2024 Oct 15; Vol. 130 (20), pp. 3401-3403. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 06. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cncr.35428 |
| Abstrakt: | The disease called cancer was named after the animal known as the crab. According to ancient tradition, cancer was named after the crab because of the aggressivity or obstinacy of the crab or because of the appearance of the crab's tangled legs. (© 2024 The Author(s). Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Cancer Society.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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