A short history of breast cancer

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Oncology, Surgery
Cover of the book A short history of breast cancer by D. de Moulin, Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: D. de Moulin ISBN: 9789400910591
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: D. de Moulin
ISBN: 9789400910591
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

The Third Breast Cancer Working Conference of the Breast Cancer Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer, to be held in Amsterdam on April 27-29, 1983, was the principle motive for writing this book. It was felt that a short review of the main pathogenetic conceptions and therapeutic principles which have presented themselves with regard to mammary cancer in the course of Western history, might help to draw a more complete picture of where we stand today. It is not easy to decide which ideas, although discarded, deserve yet to be remembered and which authors from the past may be considered to be truly representative of the scientific climate of their age. Twenty centuries have produced quite a lot of ideas and the number of medical authors who advanced, or rejected, or modified, or revived them, is really uncountable. So the historian has to make a selec­ tion and choices are perforce subjective and open to criticism. In writing this book I tried to consult original sources in the original language as much as possible. These sources were not always strictly medical since I aimed at placing the problem of malignant breast disease - which might serve as a paradigm of cancer in general - in a somewhat wider context. For the history of medicine is not only a history of ideas, but also that of people, of institutions, of society.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Third Breast Cancer Working Conference of the Breast Cancer Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer, to be held in Amsterdam on April 27-29, 1983, was the principle motive for writing this book. It was felt that a short review of the main pathogenetic conceptions and therapeutic principles which have presented themselves with regard to mammary cancer in the course of Western history, might help to draw a more complete picture of where we stand today. It is not easy to decide which ideas, although discarded, deserve yet to be remembered and which authors from the past may be considered to be truly representative of the scientific climate of their age. Twenty centuries have produced quite a lot of ideas and the number of medical authors who advanced, or rejected, or modified, or revived them, is really uncountable. So the historian has to make a selec­ tion and choices are perforce subjective and open to criticism. In writing this book I tried to consult original sources in the original language as much as possible. These sources were not always strictly medical since I aimed at placing the problem of malignant breast disease - which might serve as a paradigm of cancer in general - in a somewhat wider context. For the history of medicine is not only a history of ideas, but also that of people, of institutions, of society.

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book Forgiveness and Health by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book The Arts in Children's Lives by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Learning From Others by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Analytical Mechanics by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Metamorphic Processes by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Introduction to Virology by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book GnRH Analogues in Cancer and Human Reproduction by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book New Environmentalism by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book The Problem of Reductionism in Science by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Morphosyntax of Verb Movement by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Cardiac Doppler Diagnosis by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Oceanic Migration by D. de Moulin
Cover of the book Rediscovering Colors by D. de Moulin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy