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Breakthrough in understanding how cancer spreads could lead to better treatments, experts say

Potential cancer breakthrough as scientists finally discover how tumors ‘hijack’ healthy cells

Potential cancer breakthrough as scientists finally discover how tumors ‘hijack’ healthy cells to spread through the body Cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy cells to spread through the body Metastasis – when cancer spreads – has been incredibly hard to prevent Researchers have struggled to identify the main drivers of this process before …

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Breakthrough in understanding how cancer spreads could lead to better treatments, experts say

Potential cancer breakthrough as scientists finally discover how tumors ‘hijack’ healthy cells

Potential cancer breakthrough as scientists finally discover how tumors ‘hijack’ healthy cells to spread through the body Cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy cells to spread through the body Metastasis – when cancer spreads – has been incredibly hard to prevent Researchers have struggled to identify the main drivers of this process before …

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A genetically modified herpes virus is the new hope of beating cancer after scientists found that tumors in terminally ill patients had been eradicated with the new therapy.  Pictured: stock image

London scientists find cancerous tumors in terminally ill patients eradicated by herpes virus

A genetically engineered herpes virus is the new hope for beating cancer after scientists found that tumors in terminally ill patients had been eradicated or shrunk using the revolutionary new therapy. A first trial at the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) in London found that a modified version of the herpes simplex virus showed signs …

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vial of blood labeled 'cancer test'

Blood test that screens for 50 cancers shows promise in preliminary study

A single blood test that can screen for more than 50 cancers seems to work quite well in the real world, a preliminary study reveals. The researchers found that of more than 6,600 apparently healthy people aged 50 and over, the blood test detected a possible “signal” of cancer in about 1%. When these people …

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