Metastatic cancer in the Jurassic.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Recognition of cancer in extreme antiquity has been limited to osteomas in mosasaurs and haemangiomas and growths of unclear origin in dinosaurs. We describe a metastatic cancer in a dinosaur.
Medical subject headings
- Animal Diseases
- Bone Neoplasms
- Fossils