SCIENTISTS have claimed a major breakthrough which they say could lead to more effective treatments for throat and cervical cancers.
Queen's University in Belfast said the discovery could see the development of new therapies to target non-cancerous cells surrounding a tumour, as well as the tumour itself.
Experts at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology said they found the non-cancerous tissue, or "stroma", surrounding cancers of the throat and cervix plays an important role in regulating the spread of cancer.
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