Lung cancer History

Lung cancer,History,

was uncommon, before the advent, of cigarette, smoking,

it was not even, recognized, as a distinct, disease,

until, 1761,

Different, aspects, of lung, cancer,were, described,

as malignant, lung, tumors,

made up only 1%, of all cancers,

seen, at, autopsy, in 1878,

risen, to 10%-15%, by the early 1900's.,

Case reports,

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Medical Literature

the medical, literature,

numbered ,only 374, worldwide,in 1912,

review, of Autopsies,

showed, that the incidence,had increased,

from 0.3%, in 1852,, to 5.66%, in 1952,

In Germany,in 1929,

Physician, Fritz Lickint,recognized the link,

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Smoking and Lung cancer

between,smoking, and Lung, cancer,

which led, to an aggressive,

antismoking, campaign,

The British, Doctors,

study, published, in the 1950's,

was the first,

solid epidemiological,evidence, of the link,

between, Lung cancer, and smoking,

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Connection with radon gas

The connection, with radon, gas, was first, recognized,

among miners,

in the Ore Mountains, near Schneeberg, Saxony,Silver, has been,

mined, there since 1470,these mines,are rich in Uranium,

miners, developed, Lung, cancer,recognized, in 1870's.,

An estimated, 75%, of former, miners, died ,from, Lung, cancer,

Despite, this discovery,mining, continued, into the 1950's,

due to the demand, for Uranium,

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