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. 1982 Jan-Mar;1(3):172–176.

CONCEPT OF CANCER IN AYURVEDA

G C Prasad 1, Manoranjan Sahu 1, P J Deshpande 1
PMCID: PMC3336678  PMID: 22556485

Abstract

The knowledge and management of the disease, cancer was not unknown to the ancient surgeons of India. Though the Sanskrit equivalent for this word is not found in Ayurvedic literature, diseases having the signs and symptoms similar to those of Cancer are discussed in various contexts. The present paper expounds those diseases with possible interpretations in modern system of medicine

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