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Palaeo-oncology The study of the antiquity of Cancer - the antiquity of cancer. From the Greek παλαιός (old, ancient) and ὄγκος (bulk, mass, tumour) Delphic14 (talk) 14:51, 9 May 2016 (UTC) The uncontrolled, unregulated proliferation of cells leading to cancer or neoplasia is a biological phenomenon that can afflict most, if not all, living organisms and is as old as life on earth.

Cancer as a distinct disease entity was first observed by ancient Greek physicians who described its symptoms, its malignant nature and surgical and medicinal treatment.

The first systematic review of ancient Greek literature on this subject is attributed to Dr Aristotle Kouzis, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Athens, Greece, who in 1902 published his monograph Ο ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΣ ΠΑΡΑ ΤΟΙΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΙΣ ΕΛΛΗΣΙΝ ΙΑΤΡΟΙΣ (Cancer and the Ancient Greek Physicians).

The word Palaeo-oncology was first used in 1983 in Vienna, Austria, during the 13th International Congress of Chemotherapy for the announcement, by Dr Spyros Retsas, convener, of the first International Symposium on Palaeo-oncology that subsequently took place on the 21st October 1984, in Greece within the activities and under the auspices of the IVth Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy.

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 Delphic14 (talk) 14:51, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

December 2019
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