Malignant cancer diagnosed in a dinosaur for the first time

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

New research has led to the discovery and diagnosis of an aggressive malignant bone cancer -- an osteosarcoma -- for the first time ever in a dinosaur. No malignant cancers (tumous that can spread throughout the body and have severe health implications) have ever been documented in dinosaurs previously.

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