For my thesis, I will be looking at the history of cancer and its treatments, and the influence of the public's perception about cancer on modern day treatments based on regional differences. The history of cancer involves analyzing when and where cancer was first "discovered" and observed, and how treatments of the illness began. Based on this, different regions of the world have developed different methods for analyzing and treating cancer, potentially based on cultural, social, and

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... cal differences and perspectives. After analyzing and compiling a history of cancer and its treatment, I will analyze how different regions perceive cancer today based on this history and investigate whether these perceptions among different groups were based on a region's infrastructure, or an individual's socioeconomic status, education, and potentially gender in that region. Next, I analyzed and interpreted how cancer treatments vary in different regions, and whether the difference in treatments was based on the different perceptions among different groups. I hope to also answer the question about why treatments differ based on analysis of these perceptions, affordability, availability and environmental differences. I also wanted to determine if perception of cancer and its treatment among individuals affects compliance to these treatments.