Metastatic cancer in the Jurassic.
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.
Rothschild
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Witzke
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Hershkovitz
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D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary; D003120:Colorado; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D010164:Paleopathology; D014714:Vertebrates