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Cancer is not new. Hippocrates wrote about it between 460-370 BC and Galen summed up the classical view by suggesting that cancer was caused by black bile and should be left alone with no treatment.
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Maher, E.J. (1987). Problems in Cancer Treatment. In: Field, S.B., Franconi, C. (eds) Physics and Technology of Hyperthermia. NATO ASI Series, vol 127. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3597-6_1
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