Why do people get cancer?

Decoding Cancer by Ciarán D'Arcy

Dec 1, 202027:06Education

Dr Robert O’Connor is joined by the head of the World Health Organisation’s Cancer Research arm, Dr Elisabete Weiderpass and breast cancer survivor, Catherine Egan to discuss the reasons why people get cancer, and what w...

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