In medieval Britain, cancer cases around ten times higher than previously thought: Study ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 15:14 IST Cambridge [England], May 2 (ANI): Between 9-14 per cent of adults in medieval Britain had cancer at the time of their death, suggests the first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of the disease among the skeletal remains of a pre-industrial population. The findings of the study are published today in the journal Cancer. This puts cancer prevalence in a time before exposure to tumour-inducing chemicals from industry and tobacco at around ten times higher than previously thought, according to researchers.