[Perspectives] A rare case of osteoblastoma from medieval Tuscany

In antiquity, tumours were less common conditions than nowadays, probably due to the shorter life expectancy of our ancestors, their different lifestyle and dietary habits, and their reduced exposure to risk factors such as environmental pollution. Additionally, it is not possible to obtain reliable cancer estimates through the analysis of ancient human remains. However, the field of paleopathology is inevitably biased because only bone lesions can be detected, limiting the evidence available to bone tumours, or metastasis to the bones originating from soft-tissue tumours.

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