Cancer history
Every year 9 million people on this planet die of cancer. The causes of cancer are mysterious and many, treatments are a few. This page is about alternative cancer treatments and research news from around the world.
Cancer cells
Cancer sells are normal healthy cells that has no enemies, so they grow without limits, invade all surrounding environments and destroy them. Cancer affects people and animals.
Cancer History
The oldest description of cancer was discovered in Egypt and dates back to approximately 1600 B.C. The Edwin Smith Papyrus, or writing, describes 8 cases of tumours or ulcers of the breast that were treated by cauterisation, with a tool called “the fire drill.” The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.”
Origin of the Word Cancer
The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.), considered the “Father of Medicine.” Hippocrates used the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming tumors. In Greek these words refer to a crab, most likely applied to the disease because the finger-like spreading projections from a cancer called to mind the shape of a crab. Carcinoma is the most common type of cancer.
