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1800
18th Century Surgeon John Hunter suggests that surgery might cure cancers if the tumor had not invaded the surrounding tissue -
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History of Cancer Treatments
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1840
Advent of powerful Anaesthetics opens door for modern Cancer Surgery -
1846
John Collins Warren performed the first major Cancer Operation under general anaesthesia -
1889
Radical Mastectomy developed by William Halstead after he noticed that Breast Cancer recurred more often in women who had had their tumor removed but not the surrounding tissue. -
1898
Discovery of Radium by Marie and Pierre Curie -
1903
First recorded theraputic use of Radiation to treat skin cancer -
1903
First Scientific description of the effects of RadioTherapy on Lymphoma Nodes, by Doctors Senn and Pusey -
1930
Successful Blood Transfusion is achieved -
1934
Dr Henri Coutard of the Institue Curie in France publishes a 23% success rate in the treatment of Neck and Head Cancers using X-Rays -
1936
When Francois Baclesse joined the Fondation Curie, radiation treatments were short, in1936, he changed these times, increasing themn up to 10 weeks. -
1940
Antibiotics become commercially available for the first time. -
1943
Introduction of PAP test leads to dramatic declines in deaths from Cervical Cancer -
1958
Pioneering 'Combination Chemotherapy' cures Leukemia -
1965
MOPP (4 chemotherapy drugs used together) proves effective against Hodgkin Lymphoma, curing 50% of sufferers -
1970
Advent of CT Scans providing clearer images of Tumors, helping guide radiation and other treatments -
1971
G.N.Housefield pioneered the use of CT Scans. -
1977
New treatments, using a combination of cancer drugs, help cure men with Testicular Cancer. -
1980
Growing use of Mamography saves lives, helping to detect cancers at an early stage -
1986
PSA test enables early detection of Prostate Cancer -
2006
First vaccine approved to prevent Cervical Cancer -
2010
CT Scanning reduces lung Cancer deaths amongst heavy smokers -
2016
Research into Cancer Treatment is on-going
