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Changes in your blood can reveal cancer 13 years before it develops
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:32
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by Fiona Macdonald
sciencealert
This could be the head-start we need to beat the disease.
A new study has shown that there are tiny genetic changes happening in our cells more than a decade before cancer is diagnosed, and they can be detected through a simple blood test.
The research found that there are changes in the length of our telomeres – the protective caps at the end of our chromosomes that shrink as we age – which can predict cancer up to 13 years before symptoms develop, and they could help us to detect and fight the disease in its earliest stages.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2015/05/changes-in-your-blood-can-reveal-cancer.html
