Cancer and therapy in the 16th century: the unique case of adenocarcinoma in Luigi Carafa, prince of Stigliano (1511-76)

Lancet Oncol. 2019 Dec;20(12):1641-1642. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30680-1. Epub 2019 Dec 2.

Authors

Antonio Fornaciari¹, Raffaele Gaeta², Silvio Chericoni³, Fabio Stefanelli³, Antonio Giuseppe Naccarato², Maura Castagna², Riccardo Lencioni³, Valentina Giuffra², Gino Fornaciari²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular, Pathology and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy.

PMID: 32007188
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30680-1

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Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma* / history
Adenocarcinoma* / metabolism
Adenocarcinoma* / pathology
Adenocarcinoma* / therapy
Colonic Neoplasms* / history
Colonic Neoplasms* / metabolism
Colonic Neoplasms* / pathology
Colonic Neoplasms* / therapy
Famous Persons*
Forensic Medicine*
History, 16th Century
Humans
Italy
Male
Mummies* / history
Mummies* / pathology