Answer: The disease isn’t named after the star sign, but the two are linked. Both get their names from the Greek word karkinos, meaning crab. The sign of the zodiac is named after the crab constellation, which was supposedly created after Greek goddess Hera sent a crab to attack her enemy Hercules. The muscle-bound hero killed the crustacean, but Hera still rewarded it with a place in the Heavens. The Greek gave the disease its name after nothing that the swollen veins around a tumour look like the leg of a crab.
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