They state:
Now an international research team has diagnosed what ailed M1: the oldest known case of prostate cancer in ancient Egypt
and the second oldest case in the world. (The earliest diagnosis of
prostate cancer came from the 2700-year-old skeleton of a Scythian king
in Russia.) Moreover, the new study now in press in the International Journal of Paleopathology,
suggests that earlier investigators may have underestimated the
prevalence of cancer in ancient populations because high-resolution
computerized tomography (CT) scanners capable of finding tumors
measuring just 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter only became available in
2005. "I think earlier researchers probably missed a lot without this
technology," says team leader Carlos Prates, a radiologist in private
practice at Imagens Médicas Integradas in Lisbon.
Interesting to see what the did and the now revised view of prevalence. Also the age given the now indolent view the Government has.
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