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Everything you ever wanted to know about… cancer with Dr Kat Arney


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In this week's episode of the Science Focus Podcast, we talk to Dr Kat Arney about cancer. 

Kat is a science writer and broadcaster, and founder of the science communication consultancy First Create The Media. Her book, Rebel Cell is out now.

She reveals how tissue becomes a tumour, how cells migrate to help cancer spread, and what scientists are doing right now to better understand the disease.

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