Journal article

Early evidence for cancer in Sudan: an advanced example of bone metastases from ancient Nubia (circa 2500–2050 BCE)

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Creator
  • Whiting, Rebecca  ( ORCID )
  • Phillips, Emma L. W.
  • O'Flynn, Daniel  ( ORCID )
  • Antoine, Daniel  ( ORCID )
2022

Abstract
  • WHO reports that cancer is currently a leading cause of death worldwide. An increasing body of bioarchaeological research offers new insights into the past prevalence, epidemiology, and evolution of cancer. An archaeological example from the Northern Dongola Reach in Upper Nubia, Sudan, is presented in this Perspectives piece.

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Resource Type
  • Journal article
Creator
  • Whiting, Rebecca  ( ORCID )
  • Phillips, Emma L. W.
  • O'Flynn, Daniel  ( ORCID )
  • Antoine, Daniel  ( ORCID )
Date published
  • 2022-08
Institution
  • British Museum
Funder
  • Name: Wellcome Trust 
  • Awards: Wellcome Trust Strategic Award 097365/Z/11/Z
  • Name: Institute for Bioarchaeology 
Journal title
  • The Lancet Oncology
Publisher
  • Elsevier BV
ISSN
  • 1470-2045
Official URL
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DOI
  • 10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00089-4
Alternate identifier
  • identifier: S1470204522000894 
  • type: sequence-number
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