title: The contributions of Santiago Ramón y Cajal to cancer research - 100 years on.
abstract: In 1906, Santiago Ramón y Cajal received the Nobel Prize for his detailed description of the nervous system. But Cajal (pronounced 'Cahal') worked in many fields and his contributions to cancer research have been overlooked, mainly because his observations were published in Spanish. As we near Cajal's Nobel Prize centennial celebration, we review his histological slides, original drawings and publications that are related to cancer. There is an impressive body of evidence that shows Cajal's interest in tumour biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Instituto Cajal, CSIC, 28002 Madrid, Spain. amartinez@cajal.csic.es
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Virginia G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Santiago Ramón Y Cajal
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Junquera
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Murillo
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freire
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology*; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history