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A skull from ancient Egypt dating back 4,000 years may be the oldest case of a brain tumour removal surgery, a new study published on 29 May shows. The skull, currently stored at the University of Cambridge’s collection as ‘236’, has been studied several times due to signs of lesions and malignant tumours on the surface – making it one of the oldest cases of malignancy in human history. The latest research on Skull 236 was led by Edgard Camarós…
