1. Cancer Overview Streamlined
History of cancer
First discovery
First metastasis knowledge
Statistics of cancer
Worldwide
USA
Why has cancer statistics grown?
Are there more deaths today than years before

2. History of Cancer
Many people wrongfully believe that cancer is a new disease. There is evidence of bone cancer (Osteosarcoma) even in mummies1.
The oldest known mention of cancer is in a text from around 3000 years ago called the Edwin Smith Papryus2
They removed the cancer with a tool called the fire drill. I’m pretty sure this was code for “hurts like heck.”

3. History of Cancer Origin of the term “cancer”
Greek Physician~Hippocrates ( BC)
Used 2 terms Carcinos and Carcinoma to refer to ulcer forming and non-ulcer forming tumors respectively
It is believed because the finger like projections reminded him of the pincers on the crab
Roman Physician~Celsus (28-50 AD)
Translated the terms Hippocrates used to the Latin term “cancer” which means crab
Greek Physician~Galen ( AD)
Used the greek term “oncos” to mean swelling
It’s important to understand how the discovery of cancer was made. To know where you are headed you must know where you came from

4. History of Cancer Metastasis
It really wasn’t until centuries later that pathology could be used to understand that tumors or cancers could metastasize
This became the basis of linking cellular knowledge to disease, disease spread, and death
These theories may seem silly now, but using the scientific method in a time where people used outhouses made for large discoveries and actually led to patient’s lives being saved through surgery

5. Statistics of Cancer USA statistics Global Statistics
In 2016, there will be an estimated 1,685,210 new cancer cases diagnosed and 595,690 cancer deaths in the US3
Global Statistics
These statistics come from 2012/2013
In 2012 there were 14.1 million new cancer cases
It is thought that by 2030 there will be 27 million new cancer cases4

6. Why has Cancer Statistics Grown
In 1970s only about 1 in 2 survived past 5 years now 2 in 3. That is a large statistical significance
It is true that cancer disease has grown, but many cancers have been eradicated through lowering people’s exposures to carcinogens
Includes scrotum cancer due to exposure to chimney sweeping soot
Mesothelioma due to reduction of exposure to asbestos
The average cancer in children is due to genetic changes not exposure to environment
Cancer is an accumulation of genetics, environment, and nurturing of an internal environment that promotes tumorigenesis such as obesity, smoking, and diabetes

7. Why has Cancer Statistics Grown?
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Age has so much to do with the increase in cancer statistics that natural news sources shove down its reader’s throats
The average age use to be only 30 years. Can you imagine? The AVERAGE human regardless of gender lived only until 30
Technology and advancement started increasing life expectancy around the 19th century
Life expectancy in the US is now over 70 and in Japan now over 80
Child mortality
A decrease in child mortality is also cause of an increase in life expectancy
An increase in life span means an increase in accumulation of genetic errors as well as damage through environmental factors and a human’s lifestyle

8. More Cancer Deaths Today than Before?
This concept is thought of to be simple to understand but in all honesty is extremely complex
It involves the theory that is called “lifetime risk” meaning that the average child born to an average parent living an average life will have a lifetime risk of developing cancer and what is that lifetime risk
So the short answer is no there is actually less cancer deaths than before, but that’s a loaded question and answer
1 in 4 use to survive just 40 years ago and now it’s 2 in 46

9. Conclusion
Cancer is not a disease that can be defined by a simple term with simple statistics
It is a disease that involves genetics, environmental factors, living, and internal personal choice factors
Cancer is a disease that can develop quickly or take decades
Curing cancer is going to include scientists and physicians all over the world coming together with one goal to understand the life and death of cancer and how it relates to its human host

10. References
Hamada G, Rida A. Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic diseases in Ancient and Modem Egypt: Ckn. OObop. 1972; 89: 253.
Max Roser (2016) – ‘Life Expectancy’. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: