The story of how cancer got its name

Author:

Panegyres Konstantine1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Historical and Philosophical Studies The University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia

Abstract

AbstractThe 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.

Publisher

Wiley

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5. For a recent discussion about Memnon as historian and the lack of information about his biography see Dueck D. Memnon of Herakleia on Rome and the Romans. In T. Bekker‐Nielsen (ed.) Rome and the Black Sea Region: 43–61. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press 2006.

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