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When was lung cancer discovered

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In between 1876 to 1938 miners working in silver, later nickel, cobalt, bismuth, and arsenic mines were dying from a disease called “Bergkrankheit” (mountain sickness) that lasted for about 25 years, which later confirmed was the lung cancer.
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1761: Lung cancer identified as a distinct disease.

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