Discover the skeleton of the first human breast cancer patient
Spanish scientists unearthed the 4.200-year-old skeleton in Egypt and determined it could be the first case of breast cancer in the world.
Detecting the first breast cancer patient of humanity
Scientists believe that this skeleton is the first evidence of breast cancer in the world.(Photo: Egypt Antiquities Ministry)
Miguel Botella and a team of University of Granada experts discovered the skeleton in the Qubbet el-Hawa burial area, Egypt . This is the remains of an adult woman in an abnormal state of decay.
The analysis showed that this woman could be a member of a high society family, living in the sixth Egyptian dynasty (2200 BC), in Elephantine town, south. Egypt.
" The study shows typical lesions due to the development of breast cancer that metastasized to the bones, " IB Times said yesterday by a statement by the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry. The dangerous nature of cancer makes the patient unable to work, but the woman has been treated and cared for a long time before dying.
Scientists excavated in this area since 2008, to rebuild rituals in daily life and to bury the dead of families living in Elephantine during the period 2250-1750 BC.
A year ago, British archaeologists had discovered a set of 3,200-year-old remains in Sudan, identified as the first case in the world to have metastatic cancer. The skeleton belongs to an adult man, aged 25-35.
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