Did cancer exist 2000 years back?

This is misguiding information...cancer did exist in ancient societies. ..... There should be no reason, cancer did not exist way back in time. .... Why go back thousands of years if hypothesis is that "Cancer is a modern, man-made disease caused by environmental factors such as pollution and diet"? read more

Sure did. Probably also 2 million years ago, just not on Homo Sapiens. The oldest finding is of 1.7 million years ago (Earliest Human Cancer Found in 1.7-Million-Year-Old Bone). The oldest known living strain is in a dog and is of 11 000 years ago (Dogs Carry the Oldest Known Living Cancer). read more

List of diseases that can be cured even in advanced stage IV disease includes choriocarcinoma and other embryonal germ cell tumors of women, testicular cancer, Acute leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and some subsets of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, head and neck cancer and colon cancer. read more

To re-emphasize my answer: yes, cancer definitely existed 2000 years ago, and far beyond that. Even dinosaurs got cancer. read more