Who discovered cancer? – Cadmium Zone

Question: Who discovered cancer?
- Keywords:
  cancer,
  history,
  scientist
Asked by shannonali to Becky on 25 Jun 2013.
- Rebecca Cook answered on 25 Jun 2013:
  
  Hippocrates (around 400 B.C.) actually described cancer, so people have been aware of the disease for a very long time. The genetic link was discovered much later by a German biologist, Theodor Boveri.

Question: Who discovered cancer?