A Review of the Evidence for Melanoma in Nine Inca Mummies

Abstract

An often cited statement in the medical literature is that nine Inca mummies (c.400 BC) had skin and osseous lesions from melanoma. However, a review of the incidence of melanoma in modern populations, the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer in modern Peru, the pattern and type of osseous lesions exhibited by these individuals, and the age of at least one of them indicate the data are inconsistent with a diagnosis of melanoma.

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