Oldest cases of breast cancer and myeloma revealed in scans of mummies
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

An international team, including researchers from the UGR`s anthropology group led by Prof. Miguel Cecilio Botella López of the Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, has discovered the world`s oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer. The discoveries were made by conducting CT scans of two mummies found in the pharaonic necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, Egypt.