Oldest known cancer cases found in Egyptian mummies
By Reuters
29 March 2018 |
10:26 am
The world's oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma have been discovered in the remains of mummies in the pharaonic necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa in the Egyptian city of Aswan.
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