The Patient Had Bone Cancer. The Diagnosis Arrived 240 Million Years Too Late.

Scientists know little about the natural history of cancer -- when it appeared in vertebrates, and why. A growth on the femur of a long-extinct animal confirms that cancer has been with vertebrates almost from the beginning. https://t.co/wDhsigEHXI

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