Scientists have used artificial intelligence to recognise patterns in breast cancer – and uncovered five new types of the disease, each matched to different personalised treatments.

A new test can genetically ‘barcode’ bowel cancer and separate it into five different diseases that could each receive tailored treatment, a new study reports.

The first study in the world to take a detailed look at scar tissue in human pancreatic cancer has revealed a range of different scar tissue types that could help clinicians predict which patients will respond best to particular treatments.