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Impact

Changing the landscape of cancer research

From transforming our understanding of how mutations cause cancer to developing cutting-edge technologies to comprehensively map tumours, Cancer Grand Challenges teams are driving impact against some of the toughest challenges in cancer. 

In 2017, we awarded over $90m of funding to four teams to take on our first round of challenges — 3D tumour mapping, lethal versus non-lethal cancers and unusual mutation patterns. 

In the seven years that followed, these teams made incredible progress; changing ways of thinking in their fields and paving the way for future research, to ultimately change outcomes for people with cancer.

Learn more about their impact below.

Discover: A year of scientific creativity

Cancer Grand Challenges' annual progress magazine, highlighting the latest progress from funded teams, stories from the community and more.
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