People Were Trying to Treat Cancer as Long Ago As

Question

People were trying to treat cancer as long ago as
A)a million years ago.
B)5,000 years ago.
C)1600 B.C.
D)1900 A.D.
E)since the discovery of the genetic code in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

The earliest known descriptions of cancer treatment date back to around 1600 B.C., as found in ancient Egyptian medical texts like the Edwin Smith Papyrus.