Sask. scientist may have found oldest case of human cancer

A study by a group of researchers that includes a Saskatchewan scientist has found what may be the oldest case of human cancer in the world. Bones of a man exhumed in Siberia that date back 4,500 years show he had lung or prostate cancer that spread throughout his body. Angela Lieverse, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Saskatchewan, says the evidence refutes a widely held belief that cancer is a modern medical phenomenon. Read more here.