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1500 b.c. firdt cancer detection
oldest documented case The world's oldest documented case of cancer hails from ancient Egypt, in 1500 b.c. The details were recorded on a papyrus, documenting 8 cases of tumors occurring on the breast. It was treated by cauterization, a method to destroy tissue with a hot instrument called "the fire drill." -
Cancer becomes common
1700sThe research team painstakingly pieced together the development of cancer over the last 3,000 years, much longer than several other scientific papers. They found that cancer only began to emerge as a common disease in the 1700s, and its rate of occurrence dramatically rose during the 20th century. -
radiation therapy
radiationMedicine has used radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer for more than 100 years, with its earliest roots traced from the discovery of x-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen.[10] Emil Grubbe of Chicago was possibly the first American physician to use x-rays to treat cancer, beginning in 1896 -
cancer deaths in 1900
According to the American Cancer Society, Forty-one thousand (41,000) Americans (64 people per 100,000) died of cancer in 1900. This figure equates to more than 112 people per day.
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Chemotherapy
chemotherapychemotherapy: The first modern chemotherapeutic agent was arsphenamine, an arsenic compound discovered in 1909 and used to treat syphilis. -
Cancer deaths in 2008
in 2008In 2008 approximately 12.7 million cancers were diagnosed (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers and other non-invasive cancers) and 7.6 million people died of cancer worldwide -
Unlocking Genetic Code
scientistsScientists at the UK-based Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute catalogued the genetic maps of skin and lung cancer and have pinpointed the specific mutations within DNA that can lead to dangerous tumors. Researchers predict these maps will offer patients a personalized treatment option that ranges from earlier detection to the types of medication used to treat cancer. -
3-D Mammograms
MammogramsTo take the 3-D images, an arm of the machine sweeps in an arc around the breast during each of the four compressions, taking anywhere from 20 to 60 pictures to produce a 3-D rendering of the breast. Radiologists can spin and flip them around on a computer screen, searching for cancer in the tissue and lymph nodes. When looking at a 2-D and a 3-D image of a breast together, radiologists showed a 7 percent improvement in their ability to distinguish between cancerous and non-cancerous cases. -
Isoray medical cancer treatment
Isoray MedicalIsoRay Medical utilizes proprietary technologies to deliver novel brachytherapy approaches to clinicians. IsoRay’s Cesium-131 isotope has been used as primary treatment for prostate cancer in over 7,000 patients -
Cancer biomarkers - Predicting the likelihood of tumor spread.
cancer biomakers Cancer biomakers: Mutations in mitochondrial DNA may predict which patients' cancer is more likely to spread. Continued success in this research may enable doctors to indentify patients - using a simple blood draw - who are more or less susceptible to metastasis, the deadliest aspect of cancer, and treat them more specfically. -
True Beam Laser
True beamTrue beam is a precise targeted laser and requires fewer treatments. It is giving hope to cancer patients that want a new treatment option. -
Future cancer cases
future cancerfuture cancer cases are predicted to climb, since the world's population is aging. The proportion of people over age 60 is expected to more than double by 2050, rising from 10 percent to 22 percent. This will add an estimated 4.7 million to the cancer death toll by 2030.
