jan 1, 1886 - Inheritance of Cancer Risk
Description:
Brazilian ophthalmologist Hilário de Gouvêa provides the first documented evidence that a susceptibility to cancer can be passed on from a parent to a child. He reports that two of seven children born to a father who was successfully treated for childhood retinoblastoma, a malignant tumor of the eye, also developed the disease.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1886
Now
~ 140 years ago