Janet Lane-Claypon; who published a comparative study in 1926 of 500 breast cancer cases and 500 control patients of the same background and lifestyle for the British Ministry of Health.
John Hill; first recognized an environmental cause from the dangers of tobacco use in 1761 and published a book “Cautions Against the Immoderate Use of Snuff”.
John Hunter (1728-1793); suggested that some cancers might be cured by surgery and described how the surgeon might decide which cancers to operate on. If the tumor had not invaded nearby tissue and was "moveable," he said, "There is no impropriety in removing it."
Juvenile polyposis (JP). is a familial cancer syndrome with autosomal dominant trait, characterized by multiple juvenile polyps of the gastrointestinal tract, involving predominantly the colorectum, but also the stomach and the small intestine. In addition to colorectal cancer, JP patients carry an increased risk for the development of tumours in the stomach, duodenum, biliary tree and pancreas.
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