Breakthrough in cancer detection

SCIENTISTS have claimed a breakthrough in the early detection of cancer by highlighting concoctions of harmless genes which if found together become dangerous.

Breakthrough in cancer detection

The work is focused on breast cancer and brings forward understanding on how certain genes can heighten the risk of women getting breast cancer.

In a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine researchers from Cambridge University offered an explanation for the cause of 80% of genetic related breast cancer tumours.

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