Kardeh Sina, Kardeh Bahareh
Cellular and Molecular Medicine Student Research Group, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Galen Med J. 2019 Jan 1;8:e1292. doi: 10.31661/gmj.v8i0.1292. eCollection 2019.
From ancient times to the era of industrialization, medical and philosophical scholars have long been wondering about the nature and the underlying mystery of cancer. Despite the extensive efforts in recent decades trying to shed light on the true histopathologic basis of malignancies, many questions remain to be elucidated. Thus, it's not surprising that even the most notable predecessor physicians knew only very little about cancer and metastasis. In this paper, we present a brief review of the historical assumptions about the origin and spread of tumoral growths. Subsequently, we will look at an impressing notion by Avicenna about the possibility of local metastasis, which had remained unacknowledged so far and highlights the intellect of this great Persian physician even further.
从古代到工业化时代，医学和哲学学者长期以来一直对癌症的本质和潜在奥秘感到好奇。尽管近几十年来人们付出了巨大努力，试图阐明恶性肿瘤真正的组织病理学基础，但仍有许多问题有待阐明。因此，即使是最著名的前辈医生对癌症和转移了解甚少也不足为奇。在本文中，我们简要回顾了关于肿瘤生长起源和扩散的历史假设。随后，我们将探讨阿维森纳提出的一个关于局部转移可能性的令人印象深刻的观点，该观点至今未被认可，这进一步凸显了这位伟大波斯医生的智慧。
