Blood proteins ‘warn of cancer seven years before diagnosis’
by Nina Massey
May 15, 2024
2 minutes
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Researchers have discovered proteins in the blood that could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed.
The scientists identified 618 proteins linked to 19 types of cancer including bowel, prostate and breast cancers.
Some 107 of the proteins were found in a group of people whose blood was collected at least seven years before diagnosis.
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