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Charlier, Philippe, Deo, Saudamini, Bianucci, Raffaella and Lippi, Donatella (2017) Cancer in two Renaissance families. The Lancet Oncology, 18 (12). e707. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30860-4
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30860-4
Abstract
We read with great interest the letter published by Raffaele Gaeta and colleagues1 describing a supposed concentration of cancer cases in the Renaissance court of Naples. However, this short report lacks important physiopathological and bibliographical data. First, more than five cases of malignant tumours have been published in the paleopathological literature.2 The authors focused exclusively on soft-tissue tumours in mummified human remains1, 3 without mentioning bone cancer cases,2 therefore giving a biased view of cancer frequencies in past populations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | The Lancet Oncology | ||||
| Publisher: | The Lancet Publishing Group | ||||
| ISSN: | 1470-2045 | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2017 | ||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||
| Number: | 12 | ||||
| Page Range: | e707 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30860-4 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
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