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dc.contributor.authorKaramanou, M
dc.contributor.authorTsoucalas, G
dc.contributor.authorSaridaki, Z
dc.contributor.authorIavazzo, Christos
dc.contributor.authorAndroutsos, G
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T09:40:03Zen
dc.date.available2015-12-10T09:40:03Zen
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.identifier.citationAvenzoar's (1091-1162) clinical description of cancer. 20 (4):1171-4 J BUONen
dc.identifier.issn1107-0625en
dc.identifier.pmid26416074en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/583547en
dc.description.abstractIn the 11(th) and 12(th) century the Western caliphate flourished, making Cordoba the capital of physicians and philosophers. During that period lived and practised the famous physician Ibn Zuhr or Avenzoar. In his monumental treatise Al Taysir, Avenzoar provided the first clinical description of a polypoid colorectal tumour as well as the case of a uterine cancer and a basal cell carcinoma. His medical work remained popular through middle ages, influencing the development of western medicine.
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dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncologyen
dc.subject.meshHistory, Medievalen
dc.subject.meshNeoplasmsen
dc.subject.meshPhysiciansen
dc.titleAvenzoar's (1091-1162) clinical description of cancer.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greeceen
dc.identifier.journalJournal of B.U.ONen
html.description.abstractIn the 11(th) and 12(th) century the Western caliphate flourished, making Cordoba the capital of physicians and philosophers. During that period lived and practised the famous physician Ibn Zuhr or Avenzoar. In his monumental treatise Al Taysir, Avenzoar provided the first clinical description of a polypoid colorectal tumour as well as the case of a uterine cancer and a basal cell carcinoma. His medical work remained popular through middle ages, influencing the development of western medicine.


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