Evidence of surgical tumor removal in ancient Egyptian skull is 'milestone in the history of medicine'

Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull more than 4,000 years old has revealed that ancient...

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