The history of prostate cancer from antiquity: review of paleopathological studies

K Ghabili, JJ Tosoian, EM Schaeffer, CP Pavlovich… - Urology, 2016 - goldjournal.net
Areview of ancient history reveals sparse informa-tion regarding the prostate gland. Based
on Galen's writings, Herophilus (335-280 BCE) described and named the prostate as …

Oldest evidence of tuberculosis in Argentina: A multidisciplinary investigation in an adult male skeleton from Saujil, Tinogasta, Catamarca (905–1030 CE)

LH Luna, CM Aranda, AL Santos, HD Donoghue… - Tuberculosis, 2020 - Elsevier
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) has affected South American populations
since ca. 200 years BCE. In Argentina, possible cases date from ca. 1000–1400 Common …

Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? A discussion on paleoepidemiology of neoplasms with contributions from two Portuguese human skeletal reference …

C Marques, V Matos, T Costa, A Zink… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological, sociocultural, demographic and environmental factors are major contributors to
the contemporary burden of oncological diseases. Although cancer's current …

Metastatic prostate carcinoma from Imperial Rome (1st to 2nd centuries AD)

S Minozzi, A Lunardini, C Caldarini, D Caramella… - Pathobiology, 2018 - karger.com
Objective: This study describes and discusses a rare case of metastatic carcinoma that
affected the skeleton of an adult male recovered in the necropolis of Casal Bertone in Rome …

The rarest among the rare? Acrometastases and disability in the past and beyond

N Antunes‐Ferreira, F Curate, C Prates… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic bone disease significantly impacts cancer‐related morbidity and mortality
nowadays. Herein, we present an adult individual, probably a female, with multiple osteolytic …

Differential diagnosis of a neoplastic condition in a prehistoric juvenile individual from La Falda site, Northwest Argentina

MA Arrieta, OJ Mendonça, MA Bordach - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bone neoplasms or tumors are of great interest for paleopathological studies due to their
close relationship with health and survivorship as well as for their epidemiologic and …

Actualización de datos demográficos y cronológicos del cementerio Chenque I, La Pampa (Argentina)

MA Berón, EN Lucero - Revista Argentina de Antropología …, 2025 - revistas.unlp.edu.ar
El sitio Chenque I es un cementerio prehispánico ubicado en el área de Lihue Calel, centro
sur de la provincia de La Pampa. Es el mayor repositorio de restos humanos de Pampa …

Metastatic cancer in a medieval skeleton from the Principality of Liechtenstein.

C Cooper, N Goritschnig - Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
We present a presumptive case of metastatic carcinoma in an individual from the 11< sup>
th/12< sup> th century CE from Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein. The skeleton exhibits …

The common origin of multicellularity and cancer: Lessons from the fossil record

D Montagna, R Ruggiero - Organisms. Journal of Biological …, 2023 - rosa.uniroma1.it
Despite the methodological limitations in the study of fossil record and some confusion in the
literature about the diagnostic distinction between real neoplasia and other types of …

[PDF][PDF] The Common Origin of Multicellularity and Cancer: Lessons from the Fossil Record

R Ruggiero, D Montagna - Organisms: Journal of Biological …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Despite the methodological limitations in the study of fossil record and some confusion in the
literature about the diagnostic distinction between real neoplasia and other types of …