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Nature Milestone: Cancer

Exploring key breakthroughs in cancer

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Cancer Milestones

The ancient physician Hippocrates described the projection of blood vessels from a collection of cells as ‘karkinos’, the Greek word for crab.

These Milestones celebrate two decades of breakthroughs in basic, translational and clinical research which have revolutionised our understanding and management of cancer. This Milestone:

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Nature Portfolio is pleased to acknowledge financial support from Illumina, Inc, Johnson & Johnson and grant support from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA  in producing this Nature Milestone.

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