{"id":3458,"date":"2024-05-15T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/15\/proteins-in-blood-could-warn-of-cancer-seven-years-before-diagnosis-scientists-find\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:12:32","slug":"proteins-in-blood-could-warn-of-cancer-seven-years-before-diagnosis-scientists-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/15\/proteins-in-blood-could-warn-of-cancer-seven-years-before-diagnosis-scientists-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteins in blood could warn of cancer seven years before diagnosis, scientists find"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scientists have identified proteins in the blood which could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed.<\/p>\n

Researchers found 618 proteins linked to 19 types of the disease, including bowel, prostate and breast cancers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some 107 of the proteins were found in a group of people whose blood was collected at least seven years before diagnosis.<\/p>\n

It is hoped that the findings could help efforts to stop cancer before it starts and be a “crucial first step” towards offering preventative therapies.<\/p>\n

The two Cancer Research UK-funded studies from Oxford Population Health suggest the proteins could be involved at the earliest stages of cancer.<\/p>\n

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Professor Ruth Travis, senior molecular epidemiologist at Oxford Population Health and a senior author of both studies, said: “To be able to prevent cancer, we need to understand the factors driving the earliest stages of its development.<\/p>\n

“These studies are important because they provide many new clues about the causes and biology of multiple cancers, including insights into what’s happening years before a cancer is diagnosed.<\/p>\n

“We now have technology that can look at thousands of proteins across thousands of cancer cases, identifying which proteins have a role in the development of specific cancers, and which might have effects that are common to multiple cancer types.”<\/p>\n

Dr Iain Foulkes, executive director of research and innovation at Cancer Research UK, said: “Preventing cancer means looking out for the earliest warning signs of the disease.<\/p>\n

“Discoveries from this research are the crucial first step towards offering preventative therapies which is the ultimate route for giving people longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.”<\/p>\n

Scientists said further research is needed to find out the exact role the proteins play in cancer development and which are the most reliable ones to test for.<\/p>\n

More work would also be needed to identify what tests could be developed to detect the proteins in a clinic and which drugs could target the proteins.<\/p>\n

The findings are published in the Nature Communications journal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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