Systematic assessment of bone and soft tissue tumors on whole-body CTs of 45 mummies from ancient Egypt

Systematic assessment of bone and soft tissue tumors on whole-body CTs of 45 mummies from ancient Egypt

Abstract There is a growing interest in the antiquity of cancer and ongoing discussion of the apparent scarcity of malignant tumors in ancient human remains, especially those of soft tissues. We systematically assessed bone and soft tissue tumors on 45 whole-body computed tomography (CT) scans of an...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Panzer, Klaus Wörtler, Alice Paladin, Stephanie Zesch, Wilfried Rosendahl, Katherine D. van Schaik, M. Linda Sutherland, James D. Sutherland, Klaus Hergan, Randall C. Thompson, Albert R. Zink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Paleopathology
Paleoradiology
Cancer
Neoplasm
Carcinoma
Metastatic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07029-y
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