The First Documented Case of CancerThe world’s oldest documented case of cancer was found on papers (papyrus) from ancient Egypt in 1500 BC. 2 It talked about a tumor found in the breast. The cancer was treated by destroying the tissue with a hot instrument called “the fire drill.” Today, we call this “cauterization.”
Overall, there was an increase in cancer incidence of almost 30% between 1973 and 2015. According to this research, colorectal, thyroid, and testicular cancers along with melanoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma are most responsible for this increase in cancers among adolescents and young adults.
Fast forward to 2019, and those numbers had increased significantly, with 23.6 million people receiving a new cancer diagnosis and records documenting 10 million cancer deaths.