Warning signs in blood could be used to predict cancer seven years earlier, scientists find
by Rebecca Thomas
May 15, 2024
2 minutes
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Warning signs in the blood could predict cancer up to seven years before diagnosis and give hope for new preventative drugs, studies have found.
Scientists have discovered proteins in the blood which are linked to the development of dozens of different types of cancer, including the biggest killers such as breast and lung cancer.
Two studies byThese included blood samples taken from people seven years before they received a cancer diagnosis.
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