A New Path to Preventing Cancer

News and AnalysesA New Path to Preventing CancerA Landmark Study Showing the Way ForwardEric TopolJun 13, 2026218438ShareIn the journal Cell, a team of >80 researchers from 4 continents reported on the discovery of a 14-protein blood test which paved the way for predicting and preventing lung cancer more than 5 years before it would be diagnosed. Current efforts in cancer are largely directed to therapy and early detection, with only a very limited foray to prevention. In a recent Ground Truths, I reviewed the emerging potential for preventive cancer vaccines in people with a known pathogenic mutation (such as Lynch syndrome or BRCA).

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