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. 1999 Jul 31;354(9176):398.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01019-3.

Metastatic cancer in the Jurassic

B M Rothschild, B J Witzke, I Hershkovitz

Metastatic cancer in the Jurassic

B M Rothschild et al. Lancet. .

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.

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