• J Buon · Sep 2015

    Historical Article

    Uterine cancer in the writings of ancient Greek physicians.

    • Gregory Tsoucalas, Marianna Karamanou, Markos Sgantzos, Efthimios Deligeoroglou, and George Androutsos.
    • Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
    • J Buon. 2015 Sep 1; 20 (5): 1382-5.

    AbstractIn this article, we present the views on uterine cancer of the ancient Greek physicians. We emphasize on uterine's cancer aetiology according to the dominant in antiquity humoural theory, on its surgical treatment suggested by Soranus of Ephesus, and in the vivid description provided by Aretaeus of Cappadocia. During that period, uterine cancer was considered as an incurable and painful malignancy and its approach was mainly palliative.

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