Why is cancer called cancer? We need to go back to Greco-Roman times for the answer

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Why is cancer called cancer? We need to go back to Greco-Roman times for the answer

Amna Artist/ShutterstockOne of the earliest descriptions of someone with cancer comes from the fourth century BC. Satyrus, tyrant of the city of Heracleia on the Black Sea, developed a cancer between his groin and scrotum. As the cancer spread, Satyrus had ever greater pains. He was unable to sleep and had convulsions. Advanced cancers in that part of the body were regarded as inoperable, and there were no drugs strong enough to alleviate the a…