Cancer caused by modern man as it was virtually non-existent in ancient world

Cancer caused by modern man as it was virtually non-existent in ancient world
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8064554/Cancer-caused-by-modern-man-as-it-was-virtually-non-existent-in-ancient-world.html

"Cancer is a modern man-made disease caused by the excesses of modern life, a new study suggests. 

Researchers looking at almost a thousand mummies from ancient Egypt and South America found only a handful suffered from cancer when now it accounts for nearly one in three deaths."