Racial variation and cancer: a historical approach

Karamanou M., TEKİNER H., Papaioannou T. G., Konstantopoulos K., Androutsos G.

JOURNAL OF BUON, cilt.21, sa.6, ss.1568-1570, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BUON
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1568-1570
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cancer, ethnic groups, history of oncology, racism
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

At the end of the 19th century, in an attempt to define cancer's etiology, scientists considered that cancer was mainly affecting the white race and the temperate zone countries. In their turn, epidemiological studies held in the early 20th century sustained the dogma of cancer's racial distribution, targeting and stigmatizing ethnic groups.