Ancient Egyptian mummies 2250 years old suspected of having prostate cancer.Carlos pretest, radiologist in Lisbon, said that this finding is the oldest cases ofprostate cancer that afflicts the lives of ancient Egyptians.
"This discovery tells us that cancer is indeed existed since ancient Egypt," said a researcher in the realm of Egyptology, Paula Veiga.
The mummy is known 51-60 years old when she died. The researchers used the scanner Multi-Detector Computerized Tomography (MDCT) to detect cancer inmummies.
"This is a high-quality images of unusual," said the pretest.
The scanner revealed that the mummy was buried with hands crossed and suffering from lumbosacral osteoarthritis (a disease of the lower spine).
Researchers found a pattern of round and solid tumors in the spine mummy. "The wound is located on the bone is estimated that the pattern of prostate cancer," explained the researchers in the International Journal of Paleopathology.
That pattern is common for prostate cancer, given that cancer usually affects the hip,spine, upper arm, leg and rib bones, until eventually spread to all parts of the bone.
Prostate cancer has also been found in 2007 on the bones of 2,700 years-old manwho allegedly was mummified Scythian king in Russia.
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