Humans have, no doubt, battled cancer throughout their existence. One of the first written descriptions of cancer/cancer treatment is found in an Egyptian papyrus dating from around 3000 B.C. The following section provides a timeline of some key events in the history of cancer from 3000 B.C. to the present. The timeline also offers a brief description for each event. To put these events into perspective, common historical world events are included in the timeline.
The individual events may also be browsed in the following pages.
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