A major breakthrough could allow cancer to be detected seven years earlier than it is today using a simple blood test.
Researchers hope in future it could not only allow earlier detection and treatment, but could help prevent the disease altogether.
Two Cancer Research UK-funded studies have discovered proteins in the blood that could warn people of cancer long before current diagnosis allows.
Oxford University scientists identified 618 proteins linked to 19 different types of cancer, including 107 proteins in a group of people whose blood was collected at least seven years before diagnosis.
The research team have discovered the…
