João Bosco Botelho, medical surgeon from the state of Amazonas, talks about the changes that have taken place in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in recent decades. He calls special attention to the fact that the only options until the 1970s were X-rays and planigraphies, and the prevailing idea was radical surgery to remove the tumor with some margin of safety. Frozen images like ultrasounds, CT scans, MRIs, and scintigraphies along with real-time techniques like endoscopies were decisive in changing not only how surgery was performed (now with nearly invisible incisions) but also radiation treatment and chemotherapy. The surgeon likewise underscores how the development of medical technology kept pace with social trends, as bodies began to be transformed into sacred temples.