But they also found a variety of tumors, measuring between 0.03ins and 0.59inches, interspersed along M1's pelvis and lumbar spine.
Prostatic carcinoma begins in the walnut-sized prostate gland and typically spreads to the pelvic region, the lumbar spine, the upper arm and leg bones, and the ribs, ultimately reaching most of the skeleton.
Agonising end: The mummy, known as M1, was a 5ft 5ins adult male who died a painful death at the hands of the disease aged between 51 and 60
Dr Prates and colleagues considered other diseases as alternatives. But M1's sex, age, the distribution pattern of the lesions, their shape and density, strongly argued for prostate cancer.
'It is the oldest known case of prostate cancer in ancient Egypt and the second oldest case in history,' Dr Prates said.
The earliest diagnosis of metastasising prostate carcinoma came in 2007 when researchers investigated the skeleton of a 2,700-year-old Scythian king who died, aged 40 to 50, in the steppe of Southern Siberia, Russia.
'This study shows that cancer did exist in antiquity, for sure in ancient Egypt. The main reason for the scarcity of examples found today might be the lower prevalence of carcinogens and the shorter life expectancy,' Paula Veiga, a researcher in Egyptology, told Discovery News.
Moreover, high-resolution CT scanners, able to detect tiny tumors only became available only in 2005., which suggests earlier researchers may have missed them.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2057026/Prostate-cancer-2-000-year-old-Egyptian-mummy.html#ixzz1icLxS39d
IOW - the diseases of the West are probably better termed "Post agricultural disease cascade."
Prostatic carcinoma begins in the walnut-sized prostate gland and typically spreads to the pelvic region, the lumbar spine, the upper arm and leg bones, and the ribs, ultimately reaching most of the skeleton.
Agonising end: The mummy, known as M1, was a 5ft 5ins adult male who died a painful death at the hands of the disease aged between 51 and 60
Dr Prates and colleagues considered other diseases as alternatives. But M1's sex, age, the distribution pattern of the lesions, their shape and density, strongly argued for prostate cancer.
'It is the oldest known case of prostate cancer in ancient Egypt and the second oldest case in history,' Dr Prates said.
The earliest diagnosis of metastasising prostate carcinoma came in 2007 when researchers investigated the skeleton of a 2,700-year-old Scythian king who died, aged 40 to 50, in the steppe of Southern Siberia, Russia.
'This study shows that cancer did exist in antiquity, for sure in ancient Egypt. The main reason for the scarcity of examples found today might be the lower prevalence of carcinogens and the shorter life expectancy,' Paula Veiga, a researcher in Egyptology, told Discovery News.
Moreover, high-resolution CT scanners, able to detect tiny tumors only became available only in 2005., which suggests earlier researchers may have missed them.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2057026/Prostate-cancer-2-000-year-old-Egyptian-mummy.html#ixzz1icLxS39d
IOW - the diseases of the West are probably better termed "Post agricultural disease cascade."
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