Malignant bone cancer found in ancient dinosaur fossil

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Malignant bone cancer found in ancient dinosaur fossilWashington DC (UPI) Aug 04, 2020

For the first time, scientists have diagnosed a dinosaur with osteosarcoma, an aggressive, malignant bone cancer, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology. The tumor was found on the fibula, or lower leg bone, of a Centrosaurus apertus specimen, a plant-eating, horned dinosaur that lived 75 million years ago. Shortly after its original discovery in Dinosaur Provincia
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News video: Dinosaur with 'Crippling' Cancer Diagnosed for the First Time

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 Researchers believe the 76-million-year-old horned dinosaur survived with the "devastating disease" as long as it did because of its herd's protection.