Comparison between cancerous and non-cancerous dinosaur bones (IMAGE)

Royal Ontario Museum

Comparison between cancerous and non-cancerous dinosaur bones

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Comparison between thin sections of the cancerous shin bone (left) and normal shin bone of the horned dinosaur Centrosaurus apertus. The fossils were thin sectioned to compare the bone microstructure and properly diagnose the osteosarcoma.

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Credit: Courtesy of Royal Ontario Museum. © Royal Ontario Museum/McMaster University

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