Breast Cancer: the axilla 1 node, 2 nodes, 3 nodes, or 4?
Breast Cancer: the axilla 1 node, 2 nodes, 3 nodes, or 4?
Breast Cancer: the axilla 1 node, 2 nodes, 3 nodes, or 4?
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Prehist<strong>or</strong>ic Approach<br />
� Early writings, 5000 yo, describe cases of breast cancer.<br />
<strong>Breast</strong> cancer appears most frequently than any o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
cancer in ancient writings.<br />
� First documents were from Thebes, Egypt. Somewhere<br />
between 3000-2500 BC. Auth<strong>or</strong> is unknown, but<br />
scholars believe <strong>the</strong>se were teachings of Imhotep, <strong>the</strong><br />
oldest known physician who lived in 13 th century BC.<br />
The papyrus describes 8 cases of tum<strong>or</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> breast.
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