Trying to Estimate Cancer Rates in Ancient Times - NYTimes.com

Note: King Tut (died at the age of 19) is one example of inbreeding (genetics) in 'high society' with some recent and intriguing research findings regarding his family history, marriage and mummified remains of his apparent two children


 Link to NY Times article


Link to Nature review (abstract)
Perspectives
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 728-733 (October 2010) | doi:10.1038/nrc2914
Science and society: Cancer: an old disease, a new disease or something in between?