Singapore scientists have scored three breakthroughs in key areas of cancer research, Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) said on Tuesday. The team of A*STAR discovered the mechanism behind how cancer spread and showed possible ways to stop its spread. Two other teams also found why breast cancer cells live as long as they do, and showed a more sensitive way to detect and fight cervical cancer. Their work were published in top scientific journals Cancer Cell, Nature Cell Biology, and Cancer Research. 