Cancer historically

History of Cancer

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular diseases. Half of men and one-third of women in the United States will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Today, millions of cancer people extend their life due to early identification and treatment. Cancer is not a new disease and has afflicted people throughout the world. The word cancer came from a Greek words karkinos to describe carcinoma tumours by a physician Hippocrates (460–370 B.C), but he was not the first to discover this disease. Some of the earliest evidence of human bone cancer was found in mummies in ancient Egypt and in ancient manuscripts dates about 1600 B.C. The world’s oldest recorded case of breast cancer hails from ancient Egypt in 1500 BC and it was recorded that there was no treatment for cancer, only palliative treatment. According to inscriptions, surface tumours were surgically removed in a similar manner as they are removed today (content copied from the below-mentioned link ). 

Cancer is not a yesterday's problem. It had been in existence for centuries. The causes and currently available treatments are described in very simple terms in the article

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927383/