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Metastatic cancer in the Jurassic.

Authors :
Rothschild BM
Witzke BJ
Hershkovitz I
Source :
Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 1999 Jul 31; Vol. 354 (9176), pp. 398.
Publication Year :
1999

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Animals
Bone Neoplasms secondary
Bone Neoplasms veterinary
Colorado
History, Ancient
Paleopathology
Vertebrates
Animal Diseases history
Bone Neoplasms history
Fossils

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Language :
English
ISSN :
0140-6736
Volume :
354
Issue :
9176
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Lancet (London, England)
Publication Type :
Editorial & Opinion
Accession number :
10437878
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01019-3
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