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First Treatment with Medical Marijuana
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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Cancer is Detected 3,000 B.C
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. -
Mar 1, 657
Most Common Early Cancers
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. -
Oct 15, 1491
New Detection
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 -
Beginning of Autopsies
Giovanni Morgagni began performing autopsies to relate illness to pathological findings. This helped the study of cancer. -
Opening of the Largest Cancer Reaserch Center
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. -
William Stewart Halsted First Surgery
Being the first professer from Yale, Harverd, and John Hopkins to remove the full breast muscle and tissue to get rid of breast cancer. -
Discovery of Radiation
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. -
Cancer was Induced to Animals
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. -
Beginning of Chemotherapy
During WWII Louis Goodman used nitrogen mustards to treat cancer. He used it as a chemotherapeutic solution to leukemias. -
Breakthrough in Cnacer Research
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. -
Death of an Important Cancer Patient
On this day, John Wayne, died from a long battle of lung cancer. John Wayne was an actor who starred in many classics
