From dinosaurs to DNA: a history of colorectal cancer.
The roots of colorectal cancer date back to antiquity. In this short history of colorectal cancer we trace its clinical and research origins from ancient times through the dark ages, middle ages, to the scientific and medical advances of the seventeenth to twentieth centuries and into the twenty-first century.
Mulcahy
Hugh E
HE
Centre for Colorectal Diseases, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. hemulc@hotmail.com
Hyland
John
J
O'Donoghue
Diarmuid P
DP
D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000266:history; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans