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Cancer History
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Updated:
25 Sep 2017
The Emperor of All Maladies cancer timeline
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John Cairns began measuring the rate of deaths by cancer
Percival Pott discovered cancer could be caused by external factors
Lung cancer "epidemic" is brought to the attention of the British Government
Austin Bradford Hill devises the randomized trial
Doll and Hill come to the conclusion that smoking cigarettes is the indisputable cause of lung cancer.
Richard Doll and Bradford Hill publish their study of lung cancer
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Cigarette era
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