Stephen Fry: The History Of Cancer | 360 Video | Stand Up To Cancer

Stephen Fry takes you on an incredible journey through time to explain the history of cancer, from the age of the dinosaurs to cutting edge research labs in the 21st century.

While many people may believe cancer to be a modern disease, it has actually existed as long as humans have.

Starting with primitive dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Stephen explains how cancer is caused by abnormal cells dividing at an uncontrollable rate and how dinosaurs were the earliest animals to suffer from the disease. We then fast forward to ancient Egypt and learn how the Egyptians were the first to write about cancer. We next see how in 1492, European explores brought back the tobacco plant, leading to the biggest preventable cause of cancer reaching the western world: smoking.

Stephen continues to take us all the way through to the 20th and 21st century and explains the ground-breaking scientific research that saves lives even today.

The battle to beat cancer has been millions of years in the making. With your help we can make cancer history, forever.

1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer during their life time. Every pound you give helps speed up life-saving cancer research, bringing treatments to people who need them, faster.

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