EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ONCOLOGY
The study of the antiquity of cancer
Καρκίνωμά ἐστιν ὄγκος κακοήθης καὶ περίσκληρος, ἀνέλκωτος ἤ ἡλκωμένος, εἴρηται δὲ ἀπό τοῦ ζώου καρκίνου
Carcinoma is a tumour malignant and indurated, ulcerated or non-ulcerated; it is named after the animal cancer.
Galen 2nd c. CE
About Us
The study of the antiquity of cancer
The European Society for the History of Oncology (EEIO-ESHO) was founded in 2014 by a group of oncologists and medical historians with academic links in Britain, Cyprus, Greece and Switzerland. Our objectives are the study of, and research into, the evolution of the science of Oncology.
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
ON PALAEO-ONCOLOGY
TOOK PLACE ON
1st November 2019
AT THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS
ATHENS - GREECE
THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS - GREECE
ΗΝ ΓΑΡ ΠΑΡΗι ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΗ
ΠΑΡΕΣΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΤΕΧΝΙΗ
Emeritus Professor Georgios Daikos honoured with the Society's Medal surrounded by members of the Faculty of the 2nd International Colloquium on Palaeo-Oncology
ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΓΚΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ - 2014