History of Cancer: A Timeline: Quick Facts

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Ancient physicians Galen and Hippocrates

Die krankhaften Geschwülste

Ether anesthesia

A doctor in a white coat examines two computer monitors displaying mammogram images of a female patient's breast tissue.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Cancer-causing retroviruses

Boxes of Herceptin 150 mg (trastuzumab) vials are stacked on a pharmacy shelf, with clear labeling for powder for concentrate for solution for infusion.

The human genome

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