ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Ancient Diseases in Vertebrates: Tumours through the Ages.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Paleopathology of a Lower Miocene Carettochelyid Turtle from the Moghra Formation, Egypt.Biology · 2026Article
- Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Harnessing archaeogenetic for cancer therapy: bridging ancient DNA insights with modern therapeutic innovations.Clinical epigenetics · 2026Review
- Evolutionary Dynamics of Oncosuppression Under Selection Pressure.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Preserving Fossilized Soft Tissues: Advancing Proteomics and Unveiling the Evolutionary History of Cancer in Dinosaurs.Biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Paleo-oncology studies neoplastic diseases in fossilised animals, including human remains. Recent advancements have enabled more accurate diagnoses of ancient pathologies despite the inherent challenges in identifying tumours in fossils-such as the rarity of well-preserved specimens, the predominance of bone remains, and the difficulty in distinguishing neoplastic from non-neoplastic lesions. This study compiles reports of tumours in fossilised animals, highlighting that neoplasms are present in a wide range of vertebrates and drawing comparisons to modern instances of similar diseases. The findings underscore the multifactorial aetiology of tumours, which involves genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, and suggest that tumours have been around for at least 350 million years.
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