Egyptian mummy confirms cancer

• April 30, 2024

Researchers study evidence of cancer in fossil remains of human bodies in the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Greece. Rosalie David from the University of Manchester and Michael Zimmerman , from the University of Villanova, in the United States, argue that carcinogenic factors such as tobacco and pollution may be contributing to an increase in the number of cancer cases in recent centuries, the CNN website reports.

Cancer is only the second death cause in industrialized societies, after cardiovascular diseases. Studying the history of cancer disease can help increase understanding and improve diagnosis and treatment, reports the study published on the website Nature.com.

After analyzing hundreds of mummies, only one cancer was found in one case, says Professor Zimmerman. New experiments in modern mummified tissue suggest that mummification technique it does not destroy evidence of illnesses suffered by the person in question. Although cancer in ancient human remains is rare, the first diagnosis of cancer was found in mummified remains of the ancient Egyptian culture, which leaves new questions about the condition.

The factors that trigger this condition are still debatable within the scientific community, and it is more difficult to determine the rate of cancer in ancient civilizations. One of the main factors to consider is that life expectancy has increased and in times past it was significantly lower. The age is a factor important in the incidence of current cases.

Another important factor is genetics. But what ultimately contributes to the presence of cancer in our time is the consumption of tobacco , a poor diet Y lack of exercise , the historian James Olson, of Sam Houston University, comments for the CNN news network.

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