Prostate Cancer in Mummy
Egypt

Prostate Cancer in Mummy


A Ptolemaic mummy of a middle aged man known as M1 is being studied by an international team of researchers to see what ailed the man. Through CT scanning the team have found prostate cancer would have made his life miserable for years before he died.

The findings are the oldest known case of prostate cancer in Egypt and the second oldest in the world. The mummy is part of the collection of the National Archaeological museum in Lisbon and is one of three from the museum undergoing tests.




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