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9 new breakthroughs in the fight against cancer

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Medical advances are continuing to help the world fight cancer. Image: UNSPLASH/National Cancer Institute

Victoria Masterson
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Ian Shine
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Scientists at Cambridge University Hospitals have sequenced the DNA of more than 12,000 cancer tumours to reveal new clues about the disease. Image: Science/Cambridge University Hospitals

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