1. BY JUSTIN PIHLAJAMAKI ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN THE “FIGHT AGAINST CANCER”

2. EARLY HISTORY How long has cancer been around? Treatment since 1660 B.C. Treatment up to early 1900s.

3. TECHNOLOGY FOR CANCER X-Ray in 1895 Problems with X-Ray Machine Precision technology in 1950

4. NEW DISCOVERIES HELP FIGHT CANCER World War I Mustard Gas – Lymphoma reaction Alkylating agents

5. DRUGS IN TREATMENT Bendamustine in the 1960s Treating myeloma

6. FURTHER TECHNOLOGY SPARKS NEW IDEAS Angiogenesis Inhibitors Solid Tumors Vaccines Growing cancer Purifying vaccines

7. PAP TEST George Papanicolaou Menstrual Cycle 1923 – Detecting cancer 1960 – American Cancer Society (ACS)

8. RESULTS Technology advances New research Funding