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New Research Suggests Ancient Egyptians Were Surgically Treating Brain Cancer Over 4,000 Years Ago, Meaning Cancer Research Began 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Previously, the earliest description of cancer came from an ancient Egyptian medical text written around 1600 B.C. called the Edwin Smith Papyrus. The text detailed the presence of multiple breast ...
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Ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer 4,000 years ago, cut-marked skull indicates
Until now, the oldest-known description of cancer came from around 1600 B.C. Edwin Smith Papyrus from Egypt, which is thought to be a copy of a work from centuries earlier. The text chronicled ...