Malignant tumors in two ancient populations: An approach to historical tumor epidemiology

Oncology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-202

  Nerlich, Andreas G ^a   Rohrbach, Helmut ^a   Bachmeier, Beatrice ^b   Zink, Albert ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient Egypt; Carcinoma metastasis; Middle ages; Paleoepidemiology; Plasmacytoma; Tumor frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE NEOPLASMS; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMMIES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 33750710102     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.16.1.197     Document Type: Article

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