150 YEARS ON CANCER CHALLENGING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN, WHERE ARE WE?

Abstract: Introduction: Cancer comes from Latin language where it means crab. Onco comes from Greek language meaning mass, bulk or tumor. Tumors are classified on biological features as low-grade, intermediate or high-grade malignancy according to tumor cell differentiation. There have been about t...

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Main Authors: Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry, Marilza Campos de Magalhães, Rogerio Neves Motta, Patrícia Canelha Ribeiro-Alves, Maria Helena Roustand Rabay Vermot-Petit-Outhenin, Carlos Alberto Morais de Sá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2011-08-01
Series:Revista de Pesquisa : Cuidado é Fundamental Online
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Online Access:http://www.seer.unirio.br/cuidadofundamental/article/view/1517