title: Eclectics and breast cancer.
abstract: The medical faculties of antiquity, with the first one being the Hippocratic faculty, dealt thoroughly with the treatment of cancer. The Eclectic medical faculty was founded by Agathinos who was born in Sparta but taught and practised medicine in Rome during the period 60 - 100 A.D. The influences of his faculty were observed in the medical world until the 18th century.
authors.affiliation: Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Tsoulogiannis
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D027681:Eclecticism, Historical / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history; D029001:Herbal Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history