title: [Perspectives on the medical history of cancer in the twentieth century].
abstract: The article summarises the medical history of cancer in the twentieth century and comments on scientific explanations, therapeutic innovation, social circumstances and cultural interpretations of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br. eschenbruch@egm.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eschenbruch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000266:history*; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*