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    Health & Medicine

    Closing the NET on rare cancers

    Patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) can access cutting-edge treatments and research technology thanks to a new partnership between doctors and scientists

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    Health & Medicine

    Unmasking cancers with hidden identity

    Cancer treatment is largely based on where it originates in the body, but when a primary site can’t be found, genomics is helping guide diagnosis and treatment for cancers of unknown origin

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    Health & Medicine

    Testing, testing, testing: Can blood tests help detect cancers early?

    With the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the importance of testing, and our capacity to undertake it at large scale, can we use these testing strategies for earlier diagnosis of cancer?

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    Health & Medicine

    New test to improve blood cancer treatment

    A simple blood test is set to replace painful, invasive biopsies for blood cancer patients

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