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As many as one in seven Medieval Britons had cancer at the time of their death, a new study reveals.
It was previously thought less than one per cent of people living on the British Isles between the 6th and 16th centuries suffered with the disease.
A combination of longer lives, pollution, cigarettes and DNA-damaging viruses means that half of all people alive today will get cancer at some point in their life.
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As many as one in seven Medieval Britons had cancer at the time of their death, a new study reveals
A Cambridge University study used x-rays and CT scans for the first time to study the remains of 143 skeletons found at six cemeteries.