Cancer and AI — Selected Events

1895

Discovery of X-rays

  • 1896: X-rays used to treat cancers.
  • 1899: Sweden reports the first successful cures of skin carcinomas with X-rays.
Röntgen's X-ray of his wife's hand, 22 December 1895
Röntgen, 22 Dec 1895 — public domain
Röntgen, Sitzungsber. Würzburger Phys.-medic. Ges. (1895); Stenbeck, Mitt. Grenzgeb. Med. Chir. 6, 347 (1900)
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