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In China, the Emperor Shen Neng was the first to treat his patients with cannibis. Medicinal Marijuana has been used in many situations since then and has been a great treatment for people with cancer.
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Signs of cancer were found in the bone of mummies that go back to Egypt. There have been eight cases found in the breast area of cancer that we know from the first written documents of cancer.
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Paul of Aegina wrote a sevon volume book on his thoughts of cancer. The most common cancers he saw at this time were breast cancer and uterus cancer.
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On this day tobacco was first given to Americans by the Indians in the area. Tobacco is one of the most common causes for either lung cancer or lip cancer
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Giovanni Morgagni began performing autopsies to relate illness to pathological findings. This helped the study of cancer.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer reaserch center in New York, New York that is the oldest and largest reaserch center in the world.
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Being the first professer from Yale, Harverd, and John Hopkins to remove the full breast muscle and tissue to get rid of breast cancer.
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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen: discovered X-rays, which made the detection of tumors in the body much easier and non-invasive. Tage Anton Ultimus Sjogren was the first to successfully treat cancer with X-rays.
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Scientists in laboratory animals for the first time in Tokyo. They applied coal tar onto the skin of rabbits. They lead the pack in cancer research.
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During WWII Louis Goodman used nitrogen mustards to treat cancer. He used it as a chemotherapeutic solution to leukemias.
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Using technology scientists can mass-produce monoclonal antibodies that are specifically targeted to chemical components of cancer cells. This helped scientists and doctors find tumors and other cancerous objects.
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On this day, John Wayne, died from a long battle of lung cancer. John Wayne was an actor who starred in many classics
