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  2. History of cancer - Wikipedia

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    His contemporary Nicolaes Tulp believed that cancer was a poison that slowly spreads, and concluded that it was contagious. [6] In the 1600s, cancer was vulgarly called "the wolf[e]". [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among ...

  3. Timeline of cancer treatment development - Wikipedia

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    1949 – Oncolytic viruses began human clinical trials [13] [14] 1951 – Dr. Jane C. Wright demonstrated the use of the antifolate, methotrexate in solid tumors, showing remission in breast cancer [4] 1950s – Anti-cancer anthracyclines isolated from the Streptomyces peucetius bacteria.

  4. Warburg hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Scientist Otto Warburg, whose research activities led to the formulation of the Warburg hypothesis for explaining the root cause of cancer.. The Warburg hypothesis (/ ˈ v ɑːr b ʊər ɡ /), sometimes known as the Warburg theory of cancer, postulates that the driver of carcinogenesis (cancer formation) is insufficient cellular respiration caused by insult (damage) to mitochondria. [1]

  5. Cancer research - Wikipedia

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    Sidney Farber is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy.. Cancer research has been ongoing for centuries. Early research focused on the causes of cancer. [1] Percivall Pott identified the first environmental trigger (chimney soot) for cancer in 1775 and cigarette smoking was identified as a cause of lung cancer in 1950.

  6. Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter's brain 9 years ago. Here's how ...

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    Nine years ago, Jimmy Carter held a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta to talk about his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Then age 91, Carter explained that a bad cold the previous May ...

  7. Henrietta Lacks - Wikipedia

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    Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [2] was an African-American woman [5] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [B] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...

  8. This Breast Cancer Surgeon Discovered Her Own Cancer At ... - AOL

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    Peled has even seen the impact of self-exams firsthand: She discovered her own breast cancer at age 37 while performing one. Breast self-exams, she says, are a critical way that every person with ...

  9. Hundreds of cancer-causing chemicals are found in food ... - AOL

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    Of the 189 chemicals they identified, there is hard evidence than 76 are transferring into food from the packaging, and 68 chemicals have been detected in people.. But, the chemicals are not just ...