Proteins in blood could provide early cancer warning ‘by more than seven years’

Study identifies 618 proteins linked to 19 different types of cancer, which could lead to much earlier detection of disease

Proteins in the blood could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed, according to research.

Scientists at the University of Oxford studied blood samples from more than 44,000 people in the UK Biobank, including over 4,900 people who subsequently had a cancer diagnosis.