ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2010
Dinosaurs and ancient civilizations: reflections on the treatment of cancer.
Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Preserving Fossilized Soft Tissues: Advancing Proteomics and Unveiling the Evolutionary History of Cancer in Dinosaurs.Biology · 2025Article
- Ancient Diseases in Vertebrates: Tumours through the Ages.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Chemopreventive Activity of 80% Methanol Leaf Extract ofJournal of experimental pharmacology · 2023Article
- The occurrence of cancer in vertebrates: a mini review.Journal of biological research (Thessalonike, Greece) · 2020Review
- Omics-based molecular techniques in oral pathology centred cancer: prospect and challenges in Africa.Cancer cell international · 2017Review
- Overcoming intratumor heterogeneity of polygenic cancer drug resistance with improved biomarker integration.Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2012Article
- The interconnectedness of cancer cell signaling.Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2011Article
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Abstract
Research efforts in the area of palaeopathology have been seen as an avenue to improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of cancer. Answers to questions of whether dinosaurs had cancer, or if cancer plagued ancient civilizations, have captured the imagination as well as the popular media. Evidence for dinosaurian cancer may indicate that cancer may have been with us from the dawn of time. Ancient recorded history suggests that past civilizations attempted to fight cancer with a variety of interventions. When contemplating the issue why a generalized cure for cancer has not been found, it might prove useful to reflect on the relatively limited time that this issue has been an agenda item of governmental attention as well as continued introduction of an every evolving myriad of manmade carcinogens relative to the total time cancer has been present on planet Earth. This article reflects on the history of cancer and the progress made following the initiation of the "era of cancer chemotherapy."
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