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Madame Marie Curie's achievements include the creation of a theory of radioactivitytechniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium. It was also under her direction that the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of cancers, using radioactive isotopes.

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